Currencies and countries

The World Currencies Database includes 788 currency symbols, names and countries with historical or other coinage information and has received over 523485 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$ 19346  10.09%
NUr$ 19346  10.09%
GS 14842  7.74%
SKr 13324  6.95%
Ptas 12411  6.47%
RO 11488  5.99%
FKr 8333  4.35%
CFA Franc 7891  4.12%
Euro 7476  3.90%
Mexico 7396  3.86%
Saudi Arabia 7381  3.85%
Greece 7370  3.84%
Fmk 7280  3.80%
Czechoslovakia 7107  3.71%
Continental dollars 7035  3.67%
Brazil 6960  3.63%
Japan 6825  3.56%
fen 6760  3.53%
Spain 6621  3.45%
Hungary 6565  3.42%