Currencies and countries

The World Currencies Database includes 788 currency symbols, names and countries with historical or other coinage information and has received over 294289 search inquires.

Selected title: Greece
Explanation: Official name: Hellenic Republic. Monetary unit: 1 drachma (Dr) = 100 lepta. The Euro was launched on January 1, 1999 and became the sole legal tender on January 1, 2011. The fixed rate of exchange is 340.750 Greek Drachmas to 1 Euro. Current Monetary unit: 1 Euro = 100 cents

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NUr$ 11710 10.49%
SKr 9140 8.19%
RO 8128 7.28%
Ptas 7913 7.09%
Euro 4747 4.25%
FKr 4683 4.19%
CFA Franc 4618 4.14%
Czechoslovakia 4401 3.94%
Mexico 4357 3.90%
Fmk 4276 3.83%
Continental dollars 4239 3.80%
Saudi Arabia 4198 3.76%
Greece 4190 3.75%
Brazil 3991 3.58%
Spain 3948 3.54%
Hungary 3884 3.48%
Japan 3840 3.44%
Republic of China 3817 3.42%
gilder 3788 3.39%