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National currency abbreviations and symbols?

The currencies of all countries in the world are introduced as follows:

1, China: RMB (? )

The legal tender in People's Republic of China (PRC) is RMB, and the People's Bank of China is the authority in charge of the design, printing and distribution of RMB. The unit of RMB is yuan, the unit of RMB secondary currency is angle and minute, 1 yuan is equal to 10 angle, 1 angle is equal to 10 minute, and the initial letter of RMB symbol is Y.

2. USA: USD

Dollar (abbreviation: USD;; O 42 17 Currency code: USD; ; Symbol: USD) is the legal tender of the United States of America. At present, the U.S. dollar bills in circulation are all versions issued since 1929.

The competent department for issuing US dollars is Congress, and the Federal Reserve Bank is responsible for the specific issuance business. After World War II, continental European countries reached an agreement with the United States to use US dollars for international payments. Since then, the dollar has been widely used as a reserve currency in countries outside the United States, and eventually became an international currency.

3. EU: Euro (? )

Euro is the currency of EU 19 countries. The 19 members of the euro are Germany, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Ireland, Spain, Portugal, Austria, Finland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Greece, Malta and Cyprus? .

1999 65438+ 10 1 EU countries that adopt the euro implement a unified monetary policy. In July 2002, the euro became the only legal tender in the euro zone. The euro is managed by european system of central banks, which is composed of the European Central Bank and the central banks of the euro zone countries. In addition, the euro is the currency of six non-EU countries (regions), namely Monaco, San Marino, Vatican, Andorra, Montenegro and Kosovo.

4. UK: GBP

The pound is the name of the national currency and monetary unit in Britain. Sterling is mainly issued by the Bank of England, but there are also other issuers. What is the most commonly used symbol for the pound? What is the currency code of ISO 42 17 adopted by the International Organization for Standardization? (British pound), in addition to Britain, the currencies of British overseas territories are also denominated in pounds, and the exchange rate with pounds is fixed at 1: 1.

5. Singapore: Singapore dollar

Singapore dollar (SGD or SGD, formerly known as Singapore dollar) is the legal tender of Singapore and marked as Singapore dollar. A dollar can be subdivided into 10 cents (also known as "gross") or 100 cents (cents). Singapore dollar can be divided into paper money and coins. Since 2004, plastic banknotes from 2 yuan, 5 yuan and 10 yuan have been issued.

1On August 9, 965, Singapore was forced to withdraw from the Federation of Malaysia and declared its independence. 1965 The Republic of Malaysia was established on February 22nd, but Malayan and British women were still used. Joo Won?. 1967, the devaluation of the pound, the original title "Malayan and British women? Has the Asian Monetary Commission stopped issuing Malayan and British women? In the same year, Joo Won?, Singapore began to issue its own banknotes "Singapore Dollar", and so far four sets of banknotes have been issued.

6. Japan: Japanese yen

Yen (Japanese: Yen, Japanese romaji: en, English: Yen), whose paper money is called Japanese bank notes, is the legal tender of Japan, and the yen is often used as the reserve currency after the US dollar and the euro. There are four kinds of banknotes issued, namely 1000, 2000, 5000, 10000 yen and 65438 coins.

The Japanese yen is the name of Japan's monetary unit, which was founded in May 187 1 1. Japan established the gold standard system in 1897, and the gold content was set at 0.75g In May of 1953, it was announced that the gold content was 0.00246853g In March of 1988, the gold standard system was completely abolished.

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