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  2. History of Australian currency - Wikipedia

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    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.

  3. History of the rupee - Wikipedia

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    The history of the rupee traces back to ancient times in the Indian subcontinent. ... Early 18th-century E.I.C. rupees were used in Australia for a limited period.

  4. Coins of Australia - Wikipedia

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    Australia's first official mint was in Sydney, founded in 1855. It produced gold coins with an original design between 1855 and 1870, with "Sydney Mint, Australia, One Sovereign" on one side and Queen Victoria on the other, or "Sydney Mint, Australia, Half Sovereign", before starting in 1870 to mint gold coins of British design.

  5. Australian dollar - Wikipedia

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    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.

  6. Royal Australian Mint - Wikipedia

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    The Royal Australian Mint is the national mint of Australia, and the primary production facility for the country’s circulating coins. The mint is a Commonwealth Government entity operating within the portfolio of the Treasury , and is situated in the Australian capital city of Canberra , in the suburb of Deakin .

  7. Australian pound - Wikipedia

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    In 1949, when the United Kingdom devalued sterling against the US dollar, Australian Prime Minister and Treasurer Ben Chifley followed suit so the Australian pound would not become over-valued in sterling zone countries with which Australia did most of its external trade at the time. As one pound sterling went from US$4.03 to US$2.80, the ...

  8. Halfpenny (Australian) - Wikipedia

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    The Australian pre-decimal halfpenny coin, commonly known as a ha’penny (pronounced / ˈ h eɪ p ə n i /), [1] was the smallest denomination of the Australian Pound in circulation. It was a unit of currency that equalled half of a penny, ⁠ 1 / 24 ⁠ of a shilling, or ⁠ 1 / 480 ⁠ of a pound. [ 2 ]

  9. History of Australia - Wikipedia

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    The human history of Australia, however, commences with the arrival of the first ancestors of Aboriginal Australians by sea from Maritime Southeast Asia between 50,000 and 65,000 years ago, and continues to the present day multicultural democracy. Aboriginal Australians settled throughout continental Australia and many nearby islands.