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Slang terms for money often derive from the appearance and features of banknotes or coins, their values, historical associations or the units of currency concerned. Within a language community, some of the slang terms vary in social, ethnic, economic, and geographic strata but others have become the dominant way of referring to the currency and are regarded as mainstream, acceptable language ...
Many African countries change their currency's appearance when a new government takes power (often the new head of state will appear on bank notes), though the notional value remains the same. Also, in many African currencies there have been episodes of rampant inflation, resulting in the need for currency revaluation (e.g. the Zimbabwe dollar).
100 South Africa: South African rand: R ZAR Cent: 100 South Ossetia: Russian ruble ₽ RUB Kopeck: 100 South Sudan: South Sudanese pound: SS£ SSP Piaster: 100 Spain: Euro € EUR Cent: 100 Sri Lanka: Sri Lankan rupee: Re or Rs (pl.) LKR Cent: 100 Sudan: Sudanese pound: LS SDG Piastre: 100 Suriname: Surinamese dollar $ SRD Cent: 100 Sweden ...
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 printed by the South African Bank Note Company. In addition, the notes printed in Sweden were not the correct colour and were 1mm short.
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A commonly used currency in the Americas is the United States dollar. [1] It is the world's largest reserve currency, [2] the resulting economic value of which benefits the U.S. at over $100 billion annually. [3] However, its position as a reserve currency damages American exporters because this increases the value of the United States dollar.
The Ora (pronounced; symbol: Ф) [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 ]
Chris Owen (born September 25, 1980) [1] is an American actor.He is best known for his supporting role as Chuck "Sherminator" Sherman in the American Pie franchise (1999–2012), appearing in American Pie, American Pie 2, American Pie Presents: Band Camp and American Reunion.