Currency
Dollar
Called U.S. dollars or simply dollars, this currency is one of the most important in the global economy, alongside euro, yen and pound sterling. This is the official currency of the United States, but which is also directly or indirectly figured in several other countries, such as East Timor, Panama, Puerto Rico, Zimbabwe and Paraguay. Dollar is represented by the symbol US$ and has bills for the following amounts: 1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 50 and 100, noting that each one is in honor of a former American president, like George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, Alexander Hamilton, Andrew Jackson, Ulysses S. Grant and Benjamin Franklin respectively.
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Pound Sterling
Pound sterling, or simply pound, is the currency used in the UK since February 15, 1971. The countries that make up this conglomerate and use the currency are: England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales. It is worth noting that besides the UK, pound sterling is also the official currency of the so-called “Crown Dependencies”, such as Channel, Jersey and Guernsey Islands, the Isle of Man and the British territories, such as Bermuda Islands, Cayman, Falkland and Gibraltar Islands. Another curiosity about the pound is the name given to the coins, called “pence” or “penny” (plural), instead of just cents.
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Yen
Yen is the official currency of Japan Its symbol is ¥, although just an ideogram is used to represent it in its home land. Introduced in the Meiji Period, which lasted from 1868 to 1912 and turned Japan into a world power, the monetary system based on the yen helped to structure the accelerated modernization of the country, which today is considered the second largest economy in the world. Currently, the archipelago is going through a time of restructuring after the global financial crisis occurred in 2008, and is threatened by China to the rank of second nation with the best economy.
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Australian Dollar
Australian dollar is the official currency of the Commonwealth of Australia and the territories that compose the country. They are the Australian Antarctic Territory, Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Heard Island and McDonald Islands and Norfolk Islands, in addition to the independent islands of Kiribati and Tuvalu in the Pacific. The code of the Australian currency is AUD, which can be represented by the symbols A$, AU$, $A or $AU. They use bills of A$ 100, A$ 50, A$ 20, A$ 10 and A$ 5, and coins of 2 dollars, 1 dollar, 50 cents, 20 cents, 10 cents and 5 cents, and there are no coins for 1 cent. After the U.S. dollar, yen, euro, pound sterling and Canadian dollar, the Australian dollar is the sixth most widely used currency in foreign trade.
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Swiss Franc
The Swiss franc is the currency in Switzerland, Liechtenstein and also in the Italian city of Campione d'Italia. Although not official, franc circulates in Büsingen, a German municipality located in Switzerland. The Swiss franc is the only version of franc still issued in Europe. The currency symbol is the CHF and can be written as Fr and SFr and is subdivided into 100 cents. Along with the U.S. dollar, the Swiss franc is a currency of refuge for its high stability. Franc currency units are 5 cents, 10 cents, 20 cents, ½ franc (50 cents), 1 franc, 2 francs and 5 francs. The bills are divided into 10, 20, 50, 100, 200 and 1000 francs.
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Euro
Euro is the official currency of 16 out of the 27 countries of the European Union. They are: Germany, Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Finland, France, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands and Portugal. Launched in 1999, euro is the newest currency in circulation, being used as bills and coins since January 1, 2002. A curiosity about euro is its variety as to the faces of the coins, which vary according to the country where they were minted. The bills, on the other hand, are identical, but it is possible to recognize their origin by the first letter written before the serial number. In Spain, for example, they use the letter “V”, while Germany uses “X”.
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Argentine Peso
Peso is the official currency of Argentina, in circulation in the country since 1881. It is one of the strongest currencies in South America, although, lately, it is below the Brazilian real and, at times, the Chilean peso and the Peruvian sol. The Argentine peso reached its peak in 1992 when the so-called “Convertibility Law” established a parity of peso with the American dollar at a ratio of 1 by 1. Almost 10 years later, in 2001, when the law was repealed, there was a large devaluation of peso, which was then worth four times less than the U.S. dollar. The severe economic crisis faced by Argentina in the period, linked to high rates of unemployment, led to the resignation of then president Fernando de la Rúa, and also contributed to the weakening of peso at the time.
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Canadian Dollar (CAD)
As its name suggests, the Canadian dollar is the official currency used in Canada. The monetary system is highly appreciated, at a ratio of nearly 1 by 1 with the U.S. dollar, which is also accepted in the country. This is one of the most influential economies in the world, although it has shown a 2.8% contraction in GDP (Gross Domestic Product) in the last quarter of 2009. All the money of the country is issued by the Bank of Canada, equivalent to the Brazilian Central Bank, which offers coins of 1, 5, 10, 25 and 50 cents, in addition to the 1 dollar coin and bills for 5, 10, 20, 50 and 100 dollars.
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New Zealand Dollar
The New Zealand dollar is the official currency of New Zealand, and also circulates in the Cook Islands, Niue, Tokelau and Pitcairn Islands. The New Zealand currency is divided into 100 cents and takes the code NZD, written with the symbol $ or NZ$. The bills in circulation are NZ$ 5, 10, 20, 50 and 100. Coins are for 5, 10, 20 and 50 cents and 1 and 2 dollars. A curiosity of the New Zealand dollar is that it is also known informally as “Kiwi”, which is associated with New Zealand. A kiwi is 1 dollar. The New Zealand dollar is among the 12 most-traded currencies in the world.
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Cotação
18/05/12 07:32h| Consulte os valores do dolar e euro turismo | ||
| Moeda | Compra | Venda |
|---|---|---|
| Turismo | ||
| USD | 1,939 | 2,141 |
| EUR | 2,463 | 2,719 |
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