The The Falkland Islands are an overseas territory of the United Kingdom in the South Atlantic consisting of two main islands known as East Falkland and West Falkland and a number of smaller islands. The capital Port Stanley is on East Falkland. Sovereignty of the islands is also claimed by Argentina...
Falkland Islands issue their own currency, the pound. Its ISO 4217 is an international standard describing three letter codes to define the names of currencies established by the International Organization for Standardization or ISO. The first two letters of the code are the two letters of ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country codes (which are similar to those used...
ISO 4217 code is FKP.
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A currency is a unit of exchange, facilitating the transfer of goods and services. It is a form of money, where money is defined as a medium of exchange rather than e.g. a store of value. A currency zone is a country or region in which a specific currency...
Currencies of The Americas (sometimes referred to as America) is the area including the land mass located between the Pacific Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean, generally divided into North America and South America. The term also usually includes the Caribbean, the islands in and around the Caribbean Sea, and Greenland, though not...
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The dollar is the national currency of Bermuda since 1970. It is pegged to the US dollar at a 1:1 rate, but is not traded outside of Bermuda. Prior to 1970, Bermuda used the British pound/shilling/pence system [1] Coins in circulation 1 cent 5 cent 10 cent...
Bermuda dollar | The Canadian dollar, CAD or C$, is the unit of currency of Canada. It is divided into 100 cents (¢). History Canada decided to use the dollar instead of a pound sterling system because of the ubiquity of Spanish dollars in North America in the 18th century and early 19th...
Canadian dollar | The peso is the currency of Mexico. It is divided into 100 centavos. The symbol used for the peso is $, while centavos are represented by ¢. Its current ISO 4217 code is MXN (prior to 1993 the code MXP was used). History The peso was originally based on imperial Spains...
Mexican peso | The United States dollar is the official currency of the United States. It is also widely used as a reserve currency outside of the United States. Currently, the issuance of currency is controlled by the Federal Reserve Banking system. The most commonly used symbol for the U.S. dollar is...
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The Belize dollar is the national currency of Belize. It is abbreviated BZ. As of 2004, its exchange rate is artificially set to 2 BZ for 1 United States dollar. The gray market has now been legalized and on average you get 2.06 BZ to the US dollar. Coins...
Belize dollar | The colón (named after Christopher Columbus, known as Cristóbal Colón in Spanish) is the currency of Costa Rica. It is also the name of El Salvadors currency (see El Salvador colón). The plural is colones in Spanish, but English-speakers often...
Costa Rican colón | The colón (named after Christopher Columbus, known as Cristóbal Colón in Spanish) is the currency of El Salvador. It is also the name of Costa Ricas currency (see Costa Rican colón). It is divided into 100 centavos. The plural is colones in Spanish, but English...
Salvadoran colón | The Quetzal (ISO 4217 code: GTQ) is the name of the national unit of currency of Guatemala (divided into 100 centavos). Until 1979 it was pegged to and domestically equal to the US Dollar. There are currently 7.74520 quetzales to the US Dollar. It is named after the national...
Guatemalan quetzal | Lempira is the currency of Honduras. Exchange rates were 2 Lempiras per 1 U.S. Dollar in the late 1980s (a twenty cent coin is called daime as it used to be worth the same as a U.S. 10 cent coin or dime). On December 2004, the exchange rate...
Honduran lempira | The córdoba ( ISO 4217 code: NIO) is the national currency of Nicaragua. It was introduced in 1912, originally at parity with the US dollar. It is divided into 100 centavos (cents). In 1987, the new córdoba (nueva córdoba) was introduced at a rate equal...
Nicaraguan córdoba | Named in honor of Spanish explorer/conquistador Vasco Núñez de Balboa, the balboa is the official currency of Panama. Its ISO 4217 code is PAB. The balboa has been tied to the U.S. dollar (which is legal tender in Panama) at an exchange rate of 1:1 since...
Panamanian balboa
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The Bahamian dollar ($B; ISO 4217 code BSD) is the national currency of the The Bahamas. The Bahamian dollar is pegged to the US dollar on a one-to-one basis. The Central Bank of The Bahamas states that it uses reserve requirements, changes in the Bank discount rate and...
Bahamian dollar | The Barbados dollar – currency symbol $ or Bds$ – is the national unit of currency of Barbados. Its ISO 4217 currency code is BBD. The dollar is divided into 100 cents (¢) and has a fixed/pegged rate of exchange with the United States dollar at US$1=Bds$1...
Barbadian dollar | The currency of the Cayman Islands is the Cayman Dollar, and the Cayman Islands Currency is issued by the Cayman Islands Monetary Authority (CIMA) as established by law in January 1997. CIMA replaced the previous Cayman Islands Currency Board which was formed in 1971. The Cayman Dollar was first circulated...
Cayman dollar | The Cuban peso (ISO 4217 code: CUP) is one of two official currencies in use in Cuba. It has no official value outside the country, and is used almost exclusively by residents; for many years, the United States dollar (USD) has been used by tourists and for more luxury items...
Cuban peso | The Dominican peso is the base currency of the Dominican Republic. Its symbol is $ or, to avoid confusion with other currencies that use the same symbol, the abbreviation RD$ is used. Its ISO 4217 code is DOP. Each peso is divided into 100 centavos (cents). The coins currently in circulation...
Dominican peso | The East Caribbean Dollar is the currency of eight political units in the Caribbean Sea. Six of these are independent states, namely Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, St Kitts and Nevis, St Lucia and St Vincent and the Grenadines. Two are UK overseas territories, namely Anguilla and Montserrat. The East...
East Caribbean dollar | Haitian gourde | The currency of Jamaica is known as the dollar. It is divided into 100 cents. As of January 6, 2005, there were 60.9200 Jamaican dollars to the US dollar The earliest money in Jamaica were Spanish copper coins called maravedis. In later years, as the island became increasingly important...
Jamaican dollar | The dollar is the currency of Trinidad and Tobago. It is divided into 100 cents. As of January 6, 2005, there were 6.28369 Trinidad and Tobago dollars to the United States dollar Coins in circulation 1 cent 5 cent 10 cent 25 cent 50 cent (rare in circulation) Banknotes...
Trinidad and Tobago dollar | Florin is The first gold coin minted in Europe. First minted in Florence in 1252 and known as a florin (see also bezants). a synonym for Guilder, a currency previously used in the Netherlands. a currency once used in Florence. a name for the two-shilling coin used in the...
Aruban florin | Netherlands Antilles florin
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The Argentine peso (ISO 4217: ARS) is the currency of Argentina. The symbol used locally for it is $ (the US dollar is written U$S). It is divided in 100 centavos. Banknotes exist in the denominations of 2, 5, 10, 20, 50, and 100 pesos. Coins worth $1, 0.50...
Argentine peso | The Boliviano is the currency of Bolivia. It is divided into 100 cents. Coins currently in circulation are: 10, 20, 50 cents; 1, 2, 5 Boliviano. Bills currently in circulation are: 10, 20, 50, 100, 200 Boliviano. As of January, 2005 the exchange rate was 1 USD = 8.06 Bolivianos...
Bolivian boliviano | The Real (plural reais) is the present monetary unit (currency) of Brazil. Real Bills. History Past The Real was the currency used by the first Portuguese settlers to arrive in the then New World, but the first official money to circulate bearing the name Real was actually printed in 1654...
Brazilian real | Chilean notes currently in use: 1,000; 2,000; 5,000; 10,000; 20,000 pesos The Chilean peso is the currency of Chile. The symbol used locally for it is the $. The ISO 4217 code is CLP. It used to be divided in 100 centavos up until 1984. The...
Chilean peso | The Colombian peso is the currency of Colombia. Its ISO 4217 code is COP and it is also informally abbreviated as COL$. Its sign is the peso symbol ($). The exchange rate as of 18 December 2004 is: 1 euro = 3,137.09 COP 1 U.S. dollar = 2,356.50...
Colombian peso | Guyanese dollar | Paraguayan guaraní | The sol (plural: soles) is the monetary unit (currency) of Peru. The nuevo sol was introduced in 1991 to replace the highly inflated inti. The inti itself was introduced in mid-1985 because the old sol was inflated beyond use. The ISO 4217 currency code is PEN. The name derives...
Peruvian nuevo sol | The Suriname dollar was introduced on January 1, 2004, with one dollar valued at 1000 Suriname guilders. Initially only coins were available, with banknotes delayed until mid-February, reportedly due to a problem at the printer, the Bank of Canada. This currency was introduced with European Union EISO 4217, amendment...
Suriname dollar | The Uruguayan peso is the official currency unit of Uruguay. It is subdivided into 100 centísimos. The Uruguayan peso (peso uruguayo) replaced the New Uruguayan Peso (nuevo peso uruguayo) on March 1, 1993 at the rate of 1,000 New Pesos = 1 Peso. The New Peso in turn had...
Uruguayan peso | The Venezuelan bolívar ( ISO currency code: VEB; locally abbreviated as Bs) is the currency of Venezuela. Coins worth 10, 20, 50, 100 and 500 bolívares are in circulation. The banknote denominations currently in circulation are 1000, 2000, 5000, 10,000, 20,000, and 50,000 bol...
Venezuelan bolívar | Falkland pound
The Euro (disambiguation). The euro (€; ISO 4217 code EUR) is the currency of twelve of the twenty-five European Union member states. These twelve states, which form the Economic and Monetary Union (EMU), are: Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal and Spain. It is...
euro is used in the Under the 1946 Constitution of the Fourth Republic, the French colonies of Guadeloupe, Martinique and French Guiana in the Caribbean and Réunion in the Indian Ocean became départements doutre-mer (Overseas departments) or DOMs. The status of DOMs differs from that of Territoire doutre...
French DOM regions of Saint-Pierre and Miquelon (French Saint-Pierre et Miquelon) is a French overseas collectivity consisting of several small islands off the eastern coast of Canada near Newfoundland. National motto: A mare labor Official language French Capital Saint-Pierre President of the General Council Marc Plantegenest Prefect Albert Dupuy Area ...
Saint-Pierre et Miquelon, Guadeloupe, in the Caribbean Sea, is an archipelago with a total area of 1,704 km² located in the Eastern Caribbean. Administratively speaking, Guadeloupe is an overseas département (département doutre-mer, or DOM) of France. As the other DOMs, Guadeloupe is also a r...
Guadeloupe, The département of Martinique is an overseas département (département doutre-mer, or DOM) of France, located in the Caribbean Sea. The capital is Fort-de-France. Population at the 1999 census: 381,427 inhabitants. Population as of 1.1. 2004 estimates: 393,000...
Martinique and French Guiana ( French: Guyane) is an overseas département (département doutre-mer, or DOM) of France, located on the Caribbean coast of South America. History Main article: History of French Guiana First settled by the French in 1604, French Guiana was the site of notorious penal...
French Guiana.
The pound sterling is one of the world's most widely traded currencies, along with the United States dollar, the Japanese yen, the Australian Dollar and the euro.
The pound sterling, established in 1560–61 by Elizabeth I and her advisors, foremost among them Sir Thomas Gresham, brought order to the financial chaos of Tudor England that had been occasioned by the "Great Debasement" of the coinage, which brought on a debilitating inflation during the years 1543–51.
Pound sterling was used as the currency of the British Empire.
The one pound coin also has many varied designs on the reverse side, which differ from year to year with new designs appearing; however, all of these are Royal Mint coins and of equivalent legality.
The pound sterling, established in 1560–61 by Elizabeth I and her advisers, foremost among them Sir Thomas Gresham, brought order to the financial chaos of Tudor England that had been occasioned by the "Great Debasement" of the coinage, which in turn brought on a debilitating inflation during the years 1543–51.
The pound is now freely bought and sold on the foreign exchange markets around the world, and its value relative to other currencies therefore fluctuates (rising when traders buy pounds, falling when traders sell pounds).
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