Currencies and countries

The World Currencies Database includes 788 currency symbols, names and countries with historical or other coinage information and has received over 509930 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$ 18832  10.08%
NUr$ 18832  10.08%
GS 14553  7.79%
SKr 13106  7.01%
Ptas 12226  6.54%
RO 11205  6.00%
FKr 8013  4.29%
CFA Franc 7682  4.11%
Euro 7311  3.91%
Mexico 7202  3.85%
Fmk 7107  3.80%
Saudi Arabia 7092  3.80%
Greece 7076  3.79%
Czechoslovakia 6938  3.71%
Continental dollars 6859  3.67%
Brazil 6777  3.63%
Japan 6601  3.53%
fen 6601  3.53%
Spain 6468  3.46%
Hungary 6380  3.41%