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  2. History of Australian currency - Wikipedia

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    A national Australian currency was created in 1910, as the Australian Pound, which in 1966 was decimalised as the Australian Dollar. From the early 19th century until 1971, the exchange rate of Australian currency was fixed to the British pound. [3] After the dissolution of the Bretton Woods Agreement in 1971, it was fixed to the United States ...

  3. Ten Pound Poms - Wikipedia

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    Ten Pound Poms. The Orient Line ship Orontes in Tilbury Docks circa 1957 shortly before sailing for Sydney carrying (mainly) migrants on the assisted passage scheme. Ten Pound Poms were British citizens who migrated to Australia and New Zealand after the Second World War. The Government of Australia initiated the Assisted Passage Migration ...

  4. OFX (company) - Wikipedia

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    OFX, previously known as OzForex, is an Australian online foreign exchange and payments company with headquarters in Sydney.The company provides money transfer services to individuals such as migrants and expatriates and small businesses as well as providing white-label international transfer services for Travelex, MoneyGram, Xero, Capital One 360 and Macquarie Group.

  5. Australian pound - Wikipedia

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    Australian pound. This infobox shows the latest status before this currency was rendered obsolete. The pound (sign: £, £A[1] for distinction) was the currency of Australia from 1910 until 14 February 1966, when it was replaced by the Australian dollar. Like other £sd currencies, it was subdivided into 20 shillings (denoted by the symbol s or ...

  6. Banknotes of the Australian dollar - Wikipedia

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    Banknotes of the Australian dollar. The notes of the Australian dollar were first issued by the Reserve Bank of Australia on 14 February 1966, when Australia changed to decimal currency and replaced the pound with the dollar. [1] This currency was a lot easier for calculating compared to the previous Australian pound worth 20 shillings or 240 ...

  7. United States dollar - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 14 September 2024. Currency of the United States "USD" redirects here. For other uses, see USD (disambiguation). United States dollar Federal Reserve Notes (obverse) ISO 4217 Code USD (numeric: 840) Subunit 0.01 Unit Symbol $, US$, U$ ‎ Nickname List Ace, bean, bill, bone, buck, deuce, dough, dub ...

  8. Canadian Gold Maple Leaf - Wikipedia

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    Maple Leaf. Design date. 1979 (2015) The Canadian Gold Maple Leaf (GML) is a gold bullion coin that is issued annually by the Government of Canada. It is produced by the Royal Canadian Mint. The Gold Maple Leaf is legal tender with a face value of 50 Canadian dollars. The market value of the metal varies, depending on the spot price of gold.

  9. Coins of Australia - Wikipedia

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    Ducat = 9/6 (9 shillings 6 pence). Rupee = 2/6 (2 shillings and 6 pence). Pagoda = 8/- (8 shillings). . Dutch Guilder = 2/- (2 shillings). English shilling = 1/1 (1 shilling and 1 penny). Copper coin of 1 oz = 2 pence. [2] The settlers did have some George III one-penny coins, which were referred to as "Cartwheel pennies". These were the first ...