Currencies and countries

The World Currencies Database includes 788 currency symbols, names and countries with historical or other coinage information and has received over 331307 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$ 12858 10.57%
SKr 9918 8.15%
Ptas 8665 7.12%
RO 8664 7.12%
Euro 5090 4.19%
FKr 5027 4.13%
CFA Franc 4953 4.07%
Mexico 4854 3.99%
Czechoslovakia 4729 3.89%
Fmk 4632 3.81%
Continental dollars 4569 3.76%
Greece 4531 3.73%
Saudi Arabia 4531 3.73%
Japan 4376 3.60%
fen 4362 3.59%
Brazil 4315 3.55%
Spain 4291 3.53%
Hungary 4223 3.47%
Republic of China 4144 3.41%