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This is a list of circulating fixed exchange rate currencies, ... South African rand: 1 Macanese pataca: Hong Kong dollar: 1.03 Macedonian denar: Euro: 61.3644 (±1%)
The dollar sign, also known as the peso sign, is a currency symbol consisting of a capital S crossed with one or two vertical strokes ($ or depending on typeface), used to indicate the unit of various currencies around the world, including most currencies denominated "dollar" or "peso".
The Straits dollar adopted a gold exchange standard in 1906 after it had been forced to rise in value against other silver dollars in the region. Hence, by 1935, when China and Hong Kong came off the silver standard , the Straits dollar was worth 2s 4d (11.5p approx) sterling , whereas the Hong Kong dollar was worth only 1s 3d sterling (6p approx).
Lula started his government in 01/01/2003 with an exchange rate of US$1 = R$3.52 and finished it in 12/31/2010 with an exchange rate of US$1 = R$1.66. [4] The exchange rate as of September 2015 was US$1 = R$4.05. After a period of gradual recovery, it reached US$1 = R$3 by February 2017.
Beginning in 2022 the yen/dollar rate has become increasingly weaker with each passing month. By July 2024, the price fell to upper ¥161 per $1, marking the lowest exchange rate for the yen in 37.5 years on a nominal effective exchange rate [80] and the lowest real effective exchange rate since the start of statistics by the Bank of Japan in 1970.
Thus, the official exchange rate increased from ¥1.50 in 1980 to ¥8.62 by 1994 (the lowest rate on record). Improving current account balance during the latter half of the 1990s enabled the Chinese government to maintain a peg of ¥8.27 per US$1 from 1997 to 2005.
The value of a share of Poseidon NL, an Australian nickel mining company, soared to a record high on the Australian Securities Exchange and what would prove to be its peak price of A$275 Australian dollars ($308 in U.S. dollars at the exchange rate at the time of A$1 to US$1.12) [9] The stock opened the day at A$225 and a rush of buying ...