!category currencies "Currencies" EUR !euro money ? EUR # Symbols + names # EU € EUR # US $ USD dollar USD usdollar USD cent $ 0.01 penny cent ¢ cent buck USD fin 5 USD sawbuck 10 USD usgrand 1000 USD greenback USD # Japan ¥ JPY yen JPY # Bulgaria лв BGN lev BGN # Czech Republic Kč CZK koruna CZK # Denmark denmarkkr DKK denmarkkroner DKK # UK £ GBP britainpound GBP pence 1|100 GBP quid britainpound # Slang names fiver 5 quid tenner 10 quid monkey 500 quid brgrand 1000 quid bob shilling shilling 1|20 britainpound # Before decimalisation, there oldpence 1|12 shilling # were 20 shillings to a pound, farthing 1|4 oldpence # each of twelve old pence guinea 21 shilling # Still used in horse racing crown 5 shilling florin 2 shilling groat 4 oldpence tanner 6 oldpence brpenny 0.01 britainpound tuppence 2 pence tuppenny tuppence #ha'penny halfbrpenny #hapenny ha'penny oldpenny oldpence oldtuppence 2 oldpence oldtuppenny oldtuppence threepence 3 oldpence # threepence never refers to new money threepenny threepence oldthreepence threepence oldthreepenny threepence #oldhalfpenny halfoldpenny #oldha'penny oldhalfpenny #oldhapenny oldha'penny brpony 25 britainpound # Hungary Ft HUF forint HUF # Poland zł PLN złoty PLN # Romania leu RON lei RON # Sweden krona SEK swedishkroner SEK swedishkr SEK # Switzerland franc CHF Fr CHF # Norway krone NOK øre 1|100 NOK # Croatia kuna HRK lipa 1|100 HRK # Russia ₽ RUB ruble RUB rouble RUB рубль RUB копеика 1|100 RUB kopek копеика копеики копеика # Turkey ₺ TRY lira TRY kuruş 1|100 TRY # Australia A$ AUD aucent 1|100 AUD audollar AUD # Brazil real BRL R$ BRL centavos 1|100 BRL brdollar BRL # Canada C$ CAD cacent 1|100 CAD cadollar CAD canadadollar CAD loony 1 canadadollar # This coin depicts a loon toony 2 canadadollar # PRC RMB CNY 元 CNY 圆 CNY yuan CNY CM¥ CNY 角 1|10 yuan jiao 角 分 1|10 角 fen 分 # Hong Kong H$ HKD hkdollar HKD hkcent 1|100 HKD # Indonesia rupiah IDR Rp IDR perak rupiah sen 1|100 rupiah # Israel ₪ ILS shekel ILS שֶׁקֶל ILS agora 1|100 shekel # India ₹ INR rupee INR paise 1|100 INR # South Korea 원 KRW ₩ KRW won KRW jeon 1|100 won # Mexico mex$ MXN centavo 1|100 MXN # Malaysia ringgit MYR RM MYR malaysiasen 1|100 ringgit # New Zealand NZ$ NZD nzdollar NZD kiwi NZD nzcent 1|100 NZD # The Phillipines piso PHP ₱ PHP sentimo 1|100 piso phcentavos sentimo P$ PHP # Singapore S$ SGD sgcent 1|100 SGD # Thailand บาท THB baht THB ฿ baht สตางค์ 1|100 บาท satang สตางค์ # South Africa rand ZAR zacent 1|100 ZAR # Aliases # mark germanymark # bolivar venezuelabolivar # VEF bolivar # venezuelanbolivarfuerte venezuelabolivar # bolivarfuerte bolivar # The currency was revalued by # oldbolivar 1|1000 bolivar # a factor of 1000. # VEB oldbolivar # peseta spainpeseta # rand southafricarand # escudo portugalescudo # guilder netherlandsguilder # hollandguilder netherlandsguilder # peso mexicopeso # yen japanyen # lira italylira # rupee indiarupee # drachma greecedrachma # franc francefranc # markka finlandmarkka # britainpound unitedkingdompound # greatbritainpound unitedkingdompound # unitedkingdompound ukpound # poundsterling britainpound # yuan chinayuan # Some European currencies have permanent fixed exchange rates with # the Euro. These rates were taken from the EC's web site: # http://ec.europa.eu/economy_finance/euro/adoption/conversion/index_en.htm austriaschilling 1|13.7603 euro belgiumfranc 1|40.3399 euro estoniakroon 1|15.6466 euro # Equal to 1|8 germanymark finlandmarkka 1|5.94573 euro francefranc 1|6.55957 euro germanymark 1|1.95583 euro greecedrachma 1|340.75 euro irelandpunt 1|0.787564 euro italylira 1|1936.27 euro luxembourgfranc 1|40.3399 euro netherlandsguilder 1|2.20371 euro portugalescudo 1|200.482 euro spainpeseta 1|166.386 euro cypruspound 1|0.585274 euro maltalira 1|0.429300 euro sloveniatolar 1|239.640 euro slovakiakoruna 1|30.1260 euro # Money on the gold standard, used in the late 19th century and early # 20th century. # olddollargold 23.22 grains goldprice # Used until 1934 # newdollargold 96|7 grains goldprice # After Jan 31, 1934 # dollargold newdollargold # poundgold 113 grains goldprice # goldounce goldprice troyounce # silverounce silverprice troyounce # platinumounce platinumprice troyounce # XAU goldounce # XPT platinumounce # XAG silverounce # Nominal masses of US coins. Note that dimes, quarters and half dollars # have weight proportional to value. Before 1965 it was $40 / kg. #USpennyweight 2.5 grams # Since 1982, 48 grains before #USnickelweight 5 grams #USdimeweight USD 0.10 / (20 USD / lb) # Since 1965 #USquarterweight USD 0.25 / (20 USD / lb) # Since 1965 #UShalfdollarweight USD 0.50 / (20 USD / lb) # Since 1971 #USdollarmass 8.1 grams !endcategory