Currencies and countries

The World Currencies Database includes 788 currency symbols, names and countries with historical or other coinage information and has received over 156267 search inquires.

Selected term: Spain
Explanation: Official name: Kingdom of Spain. Monetary unit: 1 peseta (Pta plural Ptas) = 100 céntimos. The Euro was launched on January 1, 1999 and became the sole legal tender on January 1, 2002. The fixed rate of exchange is 166.386 peseta to 1 Euro. Current Monetary unit: 1 Euro = 100 cents

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Currency or countrySearchesPercentage
NUr$ 6784 10.99%
NUr$ 6784 10.99%
SKr 5706 9.25%
RO 4576 7.42%
Ptas 3871 6.27%
CFA Franc 2677 4.34%
Euro 2654 4.30%
FKr 2555 4.14%
Fmk 2501 4.05%
Czechoslovakia 2448 3.97%
Saudi Arabia 2324 3.77%
Mexico 2258 3.66%
Greece 2157 3.50%
Continental dollars 2129 3.45%
Spain 2092 3.39%
Hungary 2073 3.36%
Republic of China 2070 3.35%
Brazil 2066 3.35%
gilder 2052 3.33%
Japan 1922 3.11%