Currency — For other uses, see Currency (disambiguation). Coins and banknotes are the two most common forms of currency. Pictured are several denominations of the euro … Wikipedia
Currency Board — Entity charged with maintaining the value of a local currency with respect to some other specified currency. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary * * * A strict exchange rate system in which a country pegs its currency firmly to another, such as the … Financial and business terms
History of Canadian currency — Canada has an extensive history with regards to its currency. Beginning in the early 16th Century, items such as wampum and furs were actually considered currency. With the colonization of France and England, various coins were introduced in the… … Wikipedia
North American currency union — Amero redirects here. For the teacher, see Julie Amero. The North American Currency Union is a theoretical economic and monetary union of three North American countries: Canada, the United States and Mexico. Map of a theoretical NAU, with Canada … Wikipedia
single currency — The euro, the currency in operation in 12 countries of the European Union but not Denmark, Sweden, the United Kingdom or the ten new entrants, some of which are planning for its early use. A timetable for the introduction of a single currency… … Glossary of UK Government and Politics
German currency — The sole currency of Germany has been the euro since 2002. List Currency Area Date created Date abolished euro Federal Republic of Germany 1999 Deutsche Mark West Germany (unified Germany) 1948 (West Germany) 1990 (East Germany) 2002 East German… … Wikipedia
Khaleeji (currency) — The conceptThe Khaleeji (ArB|خليجي) is a proposed common currency of the member states of the GCC or Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf. The term Khaleeji is Arabic for of the gulf , and is traditionally associated with the Arab… … Wikipedia
Germany — /jerr meuh nee/, n. a republic in central Europe: after World War II divided into four zones, British, French, U.S., and Soviet, and in 1949 into East Germany and West Germany; East and West Germany were reunited in 1990. 84,068,216; 137,852 sq.… … Universalium
Austria — Austrian, adj., n. /aw stree euh/, n. a republic in central Europe. 8,054,078; 32,381 sq. mi. (83,865 sq. km). Cap.: Vienna. German, Österreich. * * * Austria Introduction Austria Background: Once the center of power for the large Austro… … Universalium
France — /frans, frahns/; Fr. /frddahonns/, n. 1. Anatole /ann nann tawl /, (Jacques Anatole Thibault), 1844 1924, French novelist and essayist: Nobel prize 1921. 2. a republic in W Europe. 58,470,421; 212,736 sq. mi. (550,985 sq. km). Cap.: Paris. 3.… … Universalium