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In 2016, the Australian dollar was the fifth most traded currency in world foreign exchange markets, accounting for 6.9% of the world's daily share (down from 8.6% in 2013) [64] behind the United States dollar, the euro, the Japanese yen and the pound sterling. The Australian dollar is popular with currency traders, because of the comparatively ...
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 /– ), each of 12 pence (denoted by the symbol d ).
Fixed currency (alphabetical order) Anchor currency Rate (anchor / fixed) Abkhazian apsar: Russian ruble: 0.1 Alderney pound (only coins) [1]: Pound sterling: 1 Aruban florin
When Australia was part of the fixed-exchange sterling area, the exchange rate of the Australian dollar was fixed to the pound sterling at a rate of A$1 = 8 U.K. shillings (A$2.50 = UK£1). In 1967, Australia effectively left the sterling area, when the pound sterling was devalued against the US dollar and the Australian dollar did not follow.
Currency quotations use the abbreviations for currencies that are prescribed by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) in standard ISO 4217.The major currencies and their designation in the foreign exchange market are the US dollar (USD), Euro (EUR), Japanese yen (JPY), British pound (GBP), Australian dollar (AUD), Canadian dollar (CAD), and the Swiss franc (CHF).
GBP Penny: 100 Jordan: Jordanian dinar: JD JOD Piastre [J] 100 Kazakhstan: Kazakhstani tenge ₸ KZT Tıyn: 100 Kenya: Kenyan shilling: Sh or Shs (pl.) KES Cent: 100 Kiribati: Kiribati dollar [E] $ (none) Cent: 100 Australian dollar $ AUD Cent: 100 Korea, North: North Korean won ₩ KPW Chon: 100 Korea, South: South Korean won ₩ KRW Jeon: 100 ...
Australian dollar: 0.5 10/– Australian pound: 1966 Bahamian dollar: 0.35 7/– Bahamian pound: 1966 New Zealand dollar: 0.5 10/– New Zealand pound: 1967 Western Samoan tala: 0.5 10/– Western Samoan pound: 1967 Tongan paʻanga: 0.5 10/– Tongan pound: 1967 Zambian kwacha: 0.5 10/– Zambian pound: 1968 Jamaican dollar: 0.5 10/– Jamaican ...
Australian pound (until 1966, replaced by the Australian dollar). The Australian pound was also used in the Gilbert and Ellice Islands, Nauru, New Hebrides and Papua and New Guinea. It was replaced in the New Hebrides/Vanuatu in 1981 by the Vanuatu vatu. Bahamian pound (until 1966, replaced by the Bahamian dollar)