Currencies and countries

The World Currencies Database includes 788 currency symbols, names and countries with historical or other coinage information and has received over 443693 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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Currency or countrySearchesPercentage
NUr$ 16582  10.13%
NUr$ 16582  10.13%
GS 13465  8.22%
SKr 11929  7.28%
Ptas 11251  6.87%
RO 10216  6.24%
FKr 6592  4.03%
Euro 6448  3.94%
CFA Franc 6443  3.93%
Mexico 6286  3.84%
Czechoslovakia 6017  3.67%
Fmk 5977  3.65%
Continental dollars 5930  3.62%
Saudi Arabia 5873  3.59%
Greece 5862  3.58%
fen 5713  3.49%
Japan 5711  3.49%
Brazil 5698  3.48%
Spain 5574  3.40%
Hungary 5506  3.36%