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  2. South African pound - Wikipedia

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    The pound (Afrikaans: pond; symbol £, £SA [1] for distinction) was the currency of the Union of South Africa from the formation of the country as a British Dominion in 1910. It was replaced by the rand in 1961 when South Africa decimalised. In 1825, an imperial order-in-council made sterling coinage legal tender in all the British colonies.

  3. List of currencies in Africa - Wikipedia

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    The exchange rate is grossly more favourable to the seller of the foreign currency than is the official bank rate, but such trading is usually illegal. [ citation needed ] In many rural areas there is still a strong bartering culture, the exchanged items being of more immediate value than official currency (following the principle that one can ...

  4. South African rand - Wikipedia

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    US Federal Reserve Bank historical exchange rate data; South African Currency Page, with a short description of each note. South African Currency Page (old rand), a short description of pre-1994 (apartheid-era) notes. Historical banknotes of South Africa (in English and German) Bank of England exchange rate ZAR vs GBP since 2001–present

  5. Template:Most traded currencies - Wikipedia

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    Currency distribution of global foreign exchange market turnover [1. Currency ISO 4217 code Symbol or ... GBP £ 12.8%: 12.9%: 0.1pp ... South African rand: ZAR: R: 1 ...

  6. Currency - Wikipedia

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    An exchange rate is a price at which two currencies can be exchanged against each other. This is used for trade between the two currency zones. Exchange rates can be classified as either floating or fixed. In the former, day-to-day movements in exchange rates are determined by the market; in the latter, governments intervene in the market to ...

  7. Decimalisation - Wikipedia

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    Decimalisation or decimalization (see spelling differences) is the conversion of a system of currency or of weights and measures to units related by powers of 10.. Most countries have decimalised their currencies, converting them from non-decimal sub-units to a decimal system, with one basic currency unit and sub-units that are valued relative to the basic unit by a power of 10, most commonly ...