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The markka (Finnish: markka; Swedish: mark; sign: mk; ISO code: FIM), also known as the Finnish mark, was the currency of Finland from 1860 until 28 February 2002, when it ceased to be legal tender. The markka was divided into 100 pennies (Finnish: penni; Swedish: penni), abbreviated as "p". At the point of conversion, the rate was fixed at € ...
pund – Pound, from 1683 the weight of 1 ... Finnish system ... From 1873, replaced by the krona ...
The krona (Swedish: ⓘ; plural: kronor; sign: kr; code: SEK) is the currency of the Kingdom of Sweden.It is one of the currencies of the European Union.Both the ISO code "SEK" and currency sign "kr" are in common use for the krona; the former precedes or follows the value, the latter usually follows it but, especially in the past, it sometimes preceded the value.
Most Finnish obsolete units of measurement were identical to Swedish units of measurement, including units of length being based on the Swedish "foot" (29.69 cm) that was defined in 1605, since Finland was part of Sweden from the Middle Ages to 1809, but later some Russian units were also used. The measurements were first standardized by law in ...
Finnish Euro starter kit 5 euro cent coin from Finland pressed in 2000. For images of the common side and a detailed description of the coins, see euro coins. In Finland, the euro was introduced in 2002. However, the first sets of coins were minted, as preparation, in 1999. Hence the first euro coins of Finland have minted the year 1999 instead ...
On 31 December 1998, the exchange rates between the European Currency Unit and the Irish pound and 10 other EMS currencies (all but the pound sterling, the Swedish krona and the Danish krone) were fixed. The fixed conversion factor for the Irish pound was EUR 1.00 = IEP 0.787564.
The pound (sign: £) is the main unit of sterling, [ 4 ] and the word pound is also used to refer to the British currency generally, [ 5 ] often qualified in international contexts as the British pound or the pound sterling. [ 4 ] Sterling is the world's oldest currency in continuous use since its inception. [ 6 ]
Congolese franc – Democratic Republic of the Congo (replaced in 1967, re-established in 1998) Djiboutian franc – Djibouti. French franc – France. French Camerounian franc – French Cameroun. French Equatorial African franc – French Equatorial Africa. French Guianan franc – French Guiana.