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  2. Fixed exchange rate system - Wikipedia

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    In a fixed exchange rate system, a country's central bank typically uses an open market mechanism and is committed at all times to buy and sell its currency at a fixed price in order to maintain its pegged ratio and, hence, the stable value of its currency in relation to the reference to which it is pegged. To maintain a desired exchange rate ...

  3. South African rand - Wikipedia

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    In June, the printing of this denomination was moved from the South African Bank Note Company to Crane Currency's Swedish division , which reportedly produced 80 million 100 rand notes. [38] The South African Reserve Bank shredded 3.6 million 100-rand banknotes printed by Crane Currency because they had the same serial numbers as a batch ...

  4. Ora (currency) - Wikipedia

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    The Ora (pronounced; symbol: ะค) [1] is the local currency of Orania, an Afrikaner town in South Africa first issued in April 2004. It is pegged at par with the South African rand. [1] The name, recalling that of the town where it circulates, derives from Latin aurum, meaning "gold". [2]

  5. List of countries by exchange rate regime - Wikipedia

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    Euro (28) Composite (8) Other (9) No separate legal tender (16) Ecuador El Salvador Marshall Islands Micronesia Palau Panama Timor-Leste Andorra Monaco San Marino Vatican City Kosovo Montenegro Kiribati Nauru Tuvalu; Currency board (11) Djibouti Hong Kong ; ECCU Antigua and Barbuda Dominica Grenada

  6. Currency symbol - Wikipedia

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    A currency symbol or currency sign is a graphic symbol used to denote a currency unit. Usually it is defined by a monetary authority, such as the national central bank for the currency concerned. A symbol may be positioned in various ways, according to national convention: before, between or after the numeric amounts: €2.50 , 2,50€ and 2 50 .

  7. ISO 4217 - Wikipedia

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    An airline ticket showing the price with ISO 4217 code "EUR" (bottom left) and not with euro currency sign " € "ISO 4217 is a standard published by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) that defines alpha codes and numeric codes for the representation of currencies and provides information about the relationships between individual currencies and their minor units.

  8. Currency pair - Wikipedia

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    A currency pair is the quotation of the relative value of a currency unit against the unit of another currency in the foreign exchange market.The currency that is used as the reference is called the counter currency, quote currency, or currency [1] and the currency that is quoted in relation is called the base currency or transaction currency.

  9. Common Monetary Area - Wikipedia

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    The Common Monetary Area (CMA) links South Africa, Namibia, Lesotho and Eswatini into a monetary union.The Southern African Customs Union (SACU) includes all CMA members in addition to Botswana, which replaced the rand with the pula in 1976 as a means of establishing an independent monetary policy.