Currencies and countries

The World Currencies Database includes 788 currency symbols, names and countries with historical or other coinage information and has received over 472530 search inquires.

Selected title: Ecuador
Explanation: Official name: Republic of Ecuador. 1 Sucre (S/.) = 100 centavos. The United States Dollar became the principal national currency from March 2000 and was formally adopted as the national currency on September 9, 2000; the pegged value of the Sucre (S/.) the former national currency, to the U. S. dollar from March 2000 was S/. 25,000 = 1 U.S. $. Current Monetary unit: 1 U.S. Dollar ($) = 100 cents

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RO 10798  6.10%
FKr 7339  4.15%
CFA Franc 7084  4.00%
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Mexico 6847  3.87%
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Fmk 6584  3.72%
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Continental dollars 6502  3.68%
Saudi Arabia 6413  3.63%
Brazil 6284  3.55%
fen 6263  3.54%
Japan 6251  3.53%
Spain 6097  3.45%
Hungary 5999  3.39%