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The Australian dollar was introduced as a decimal currency on 14 February 1966 to replace the non-decimal Australian pound, with the conversion rate of two dollars to the pound (A£1 = A$2). It is subdivided into 100 cents. The $ symbol precedes the amount.
Examples of currencies around the world featuring centesimal (1 ⁄ 100) units called cent, or related words from the same root such as céntimo, centésimo, centavo or sen, are: Argentine peso (as centavo) Aruban florin, but all circulating coins are in multiples of 5 cents. Australian dollar, but all circulating coins are in multiples of 5 cents.
The cent (in circulation 1966–1992), formally the one-cent coin, was the lowest-denomination coin of the Australian dollar. It was introduced on 14 February 1966 in the decimalisation of Australian currency and was withdrawn from circulation in 1992 (along with the two-cent coin). [1] [2] It is still minted as a non-circulating coin. A one ...
The Australian dollar replaced the Australian pound on 14 February 1966 as part of the decimalisation process. [6] At this time, 1, 2, 5, 10, 20, and 50 cent coins were issued. [6] $1 coins were first issued in 1984, [7] and $2 coins soon followed in 1988. The one- and two-cent coins were discontinued in 1990 and withdrawn from circulation in ...
On 14 February 1966, the Australian pound was replaced by the Australian dollar [16] with the conversion rate of A£1 = A$2. The dollar comprised one hundred cents. [17] Under the implementation conversion rate, £1 was set as the equivalent of $2. Thus, 10s became $1 and 1s became 10c. The conversion rate was problematic for the pre-decimal ...
The twenty-cent coin of the Australian decimal currency system was issued with conversion to decimal currency on 14 February 1966, [2] replacing the florin which was worth two shillings, a tenth of a pound.
After the introduction of Australia's decimal currency on 14 February 1966, the shilling became the equivalent of 10 cents in the new Australian dollar system. To assist in the transition to decimal currency in Australia, the Federal Government launched an advertising campaign to explain to the Australian community how the transition would be ...
On 14 February 1966, a decimal currency, the dollar of one hundred cents, was introduced. [14] Under the implementation conversion rate, £A1 was set as the equivalent of $2. Thus, ten shillings became $1 and one shilling became 10¢. As a shilling was equal to twelve pence, a new cent was worth slightly more than a penny.