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At federation in 1901 and for a period afterwards, the currency used in the Australian colonies which became states consisted of British silver and copper coins, Australian minted gold sovereigns (worth £1) and half sovereigns, locally minted copper trade tokens (suppressed in 1881, some state earlier [8]) and private bank notes.
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.
Alderney pound – Alderney (commemorative, not an independent currency) Anglo-Saxon pound – Anglo-Saxon England; Australian pound – Australia; Bahamian pound – Bahamas; Bermudian pound – Bermuda; Biafran pound – Biafra; British West African pound – Cameroon, The Gambia, Ghana, Liberia, Nigeria and Sierra Leone; Canadian pound ...
Euro accepted unofficially in most establishments. Government of Gibraltar Saint Helena Ascension Island; Saint Helenian pound (parity with pound sterling) (US$ accepted in Ascension Island) Government of Saint Helena British Indian Ocean Territory; United States dollar (de facto) [3] [4] Sterling (de jure) [5] [6] [7] US Federal Reserve System
Colour key and notes Indicates that a given currency is pegged to another currency (details) Italics indicates a state or territory with a low level of international recognition State or territory Currency Symbol [D] or Abbrev. ISO code Fractional unit Number to basic Abkhazia Abkhazian apsar [E] аҧ (none) (none) (none) Russian ruble ₽ RUB Kopeck 100 Afghanistan Afghan afghani ؋ AFN ...
Currency conversion fees, also called foreign currency exchange fees, come in two forms. Both involve charges for converting one currency to another during an international transaction.
Several colonies and dominions adopted the pound as their own currency. These included Australia, Barbados, [76] British West Africa, Cyprus, Fiji, British India, the Irish Free State, Jamaica, New Zealand, South Africa and Southern Rhodesia. Some of these retained parity with sterling throughout their existence (e.g. the South African pound ...
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