Dollar

Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 96. Chapters: Canadian dollar, East Caribbean dollar, Australian dollar, Slovenian tolar, New Zealand dollar, Zimbabwean dollar, United States dollar, Currencies of Puerto Rico, Tables of historical exchange rates to the USD, Hong Kong dollar, Liberty Dollar, Singapore dollar, New Taiwan dollar, Dollar sign, Japanese government-issued dollar in Malaya, North Borneo, Sarawak and Brunei, Malayan dollar, Spanish dollar, History of Chatham Islands numismatics, Brunei dollar, Jamaican dollar, Eurodollar, Bermudian dollar, Dutch rijksdaalder, Confederate States of America dollar, Belize dollar, Malaya and British Borneo dollar, Swedish riksdaler, Straits dollar, Canadian Tire money, Trinidad and Tobago dollar, British West Indies dollar, Guyanese dollar, Bahamian dollar, Solomon Islands dollar, Samoan tala, Barbadian dollar, Trade dollar, Cook Islands dollar, Fijian dollar, Antarctican dollar, Namibian dollar, Old Taiwan dollar, Liberian dollar, Currency Museum, Newfoundland dollar, Cayman Islands dollar, Danish rigsdaler, Holey dollar, Petrodollar, Saint Vincent dollar, Rhodesian dollar, Disney dollar, Dominican dollar, Sarawak dollar, Danish West Indian daler, Saint Kitts dollar, Surinamese dollar, British North Borneo dollar, Grenadan dollar, Hawaiian dollar, Pitcairn Islands dollar, Saint Lucia dollar, Prince Edward Island dollar, Salt Spring dollar, Niue dollar, Antigua dollar, Geary-Khamis dollar, Angus Bucks, Toronto dollar, Calgary Dollar, Nova Scotian dollar, Norwegian rigsdaler, Mauritian dollar, Ceylonese rixdollar, Sumatran dollar, New Brunswick dollar, British Columbia dollar, Greenlandic rigsdaler, Norwegian speciedaler, Danish West Indian rigsdaler, Penang dollar, Mongolian dollar, $, Trinidadian dollar, Nevisian dollar, Tobagan dollar, Sierra Leonean dollar, Dollar glut, Half dollar, Kiautschou dollar, Quarter dollar, Dollar bill, Dollar coin. Excerpt: The Zimbabwean dollar (sign: $, or Z$ to distinguish it from other dollar-denominated currencies) was the official currency of Zimbabwe from 1980 to 12 April 2009. Although the dollar was considered to be among the highest valued currency units when it was first introduced in 1980 to replace the Rhodesian dollar at a ratio of 1:1, political turmoil and hyperinflation rapidly eroded the value of the Zimbabwe dollar to eventually become one of the least valued currency units in the world, undergoing three redenominations, and banknote denominations being issued for as high as $100 trillion. Despite attempts to control inflation by legislation and three separate redenominations in 2006, 2008 and 2009, the use of the dollar as an official currency was effectively abandoned on 12 April 2009. This was a result of the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe legalizing the use of foreign currencies for transactions in January 2009. Foreign currencies such as the South African Rand, Botswana Pula, Pound Sterling and the United States Dollar are now used instead for all transactions in Zimbabwe, and the current policy of the government of Zimbabwe has insisted that any attempts to reintroduce Zimbabwean currency should only be considered if the industrial output improves. The Zimbabwean dollar's predecessor, the Rhodesian dollar was essentially equal to half of a pound sterling when it was adopted during the decimalisation of 1970, the same practice which was used in other Commonwealth countries such as South Africa, Australia, and New Zealand. The selection of the name was mot...