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There is a market convention that rules the notation used to communicate the fixed and variable currencies in a quotation. For example, in a conversion from EUR to AUD, EUR is the fixed currency, AUD is the variable currency and the exchange rate indicates how many Australian dollars would be paid or received for 1 euro.
The Australian dollar (sign: $; code: AUD; also abbreviated A$ or sometimes AU$ to distinguish it from other dollar-denominated currencies; [2] [3] and also referred to as the dollar or Aussie dollar) is the official currency and legal tender of Australia, including all of its external territories, and three independent sovereign Pacific Island states: Kiribati, Nauru, and Tuvalu.
The quotation EUR/USD 1.2500 means that one euro is exchanged for 1.2500 US dollars. Here, EUR is the base currency and USD is the quote currency (counter currency). This means that 1 Euro can be exchangeable to 1.25 US Dollars. The most traded currency pairs in the world are called the Majors. They involve the currencies euro, US dollar ...
2.3 Australian dollar as legal tender. 2.4 Swiss franc as legal tender. 3 Currency board. ... US Dollar (37) Euro (28) Composite (8) Other (9) No separate legal ...
Fixed currency Anchor currency Rate (anchor / fixed) Abkhazian apsar: Russian ruble: 0.1 Alderney pound (only coins) [1]: Pound sterling: 1 Aruban florin: U.S. dollar: 1.79
The market convention is to quote most exchange rates against the USD with the US dollar as the base currency (e.g. USDJPY, USDCAD, USDCHF). The exceptions are the British pound (GBP), Australian dollar (AUD), the New Zealand dollar (NZD) and the euro (EUR) where the USD is the counter currency (e.g. GBPUSD, AUDUSD, NZDUSD, EURUSD).
Australian dollar $ AUD Cent: 100 Korea, North: North Korean won ₩ KPW Chon: 100 Korea, South: South Korean won ₩ KRW Jeon: 100 Kosovo: Euro € EUR Cent: 100 Kuwait: Kuwaiti dinar: KD KWD Fils: 1000 Kyrgyzstan: Kyrgyz som ⃀ KGS Tyiyn: 100 Laos: Lao kip ₭ LAK Att: 100 Latvia: Euro € EUR Cent: 100 Lebanon: Lebanese pound: LL LBP ...
The euro came into existence on 1 January 1999. [2] The euro's creation had been a goal of the European Union (EU) and its predecessors since the 1960s. [2] The Maastricht Treaty entered into force in 1993 with the goal of creating economic and monetary union by 1999 for all EU states except the UK and Denmark (though Denmark has a policy of a ...