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What currency will you bring when you travel in Australia?

The official currency of Australia is the Australian dollar.

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The Australian dollar is the legal tender of the Commonwealth of Australia and is issued by the Reserve Bank of Australia. The dollar and the Australian dollar are both dollars. There is no way to distinguish this. But sometimes it is written as Australian dollar and American dollar, so you can distinguish between them.

Australian dollar is the currency in circulation in Australia, Kiribati, Nauru, Tuvalu and other countries and regions. There are 5 10, 20,50, 100 yuan notes, 5 10, 20,50 cents and 1, 2 Australian dollars coins in circulation.

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On February 1966 and 14, Australia issued the current currency, the Australian dollar, to replace the old Australian dollar. After the floating exchange rate of the US dollar was implemented in August 197 15, the Australian dollar began to be linked to the British pound on the 23rd of that month, and the US dollar depreciated by 65,438 on February 22nd.

Later, when Australia introduced decimal system in 1966, the currency was also converted to decimal system. Since the value of $ 1 at that time was about half a pound, the new decimal currency was pegged to the US dollar.

Since 1988 issued the world's first plastic commemorative banknote, Australia has seen the advantages of plastic banknotes, and its currency has also begun to change from paper money to plastic banknotes. Since 1992, Australia has issued a plastic banknote every year to replace the current banknote. By 1996, all plastic banknotes will be issued.

Baidu Encyclopedia-Aussie

Baidu Encyclopedia-Australia