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  2. Straits dollar - Wikipedia

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    Straits dollar. One Straits one dollar banknote from 1935. One Straits one cent coin from 1920. The Straits dollar was the currency of the Straits Settlements from 1898 until 1939. [1] At the same time, it was also used in the Federated Malay States, the Unfederated Malay States, Kingdom of Sarawak, Brunei, and British North Borneo .

  3. United States dollar - Wikipedia

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    The United States dollar ( symbol: $; currency code: USD; also abbreviated US$ to distinguish it from other dollar-denominated currencies; referred to as the dollar, U.S. dollar, American dollar, or colloquially buck) is the official currency of the United States and several other countries.

  4. Shinplaster - Wikipedia

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    Australia. Shinplasters, or "calabashes" (as they were known in southern Queensland), were a feature of the Squatters ' vast pastoral enterprises, and often circulated in the towns of the bush alongside and in place of legal tender. These private IOUs circulated widely, at times making up the bulk of cash in circulation, especially in the 1840s ...

  5. Japanese invasion money - Wikipedia

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    A photographer kneels on a street littered with invasion money, Rangoon, 1945. Japanese invasion money, officially known as Southern Development Bank Notes (Japanese: 大東亜戦争軍票 Dai Tō-A Sensō gunpyō, "Greater East Asia War military scrip"), was currency issued by the Japanese Military Authority, as a replacement for local currency after the conquest of colonies and other states ...

  6. Currency of Germany - Wikipedia

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    Currency Area Date created Date abolished Euro Germany: 1999 current currency Deutsche Mark Germany (unified) West Germany: 1990 (unified) 1948 (West Germany) 2002 East German mark East Germany: 1948 1990 Saar franc: Saarland: 1947 1959 Saar mark: Saarland: 1947 1947 Reichsmark Allied-occupied Germany Nazi Germany Weimar Republic: 1924 1948 ...

  7. Kuwaiti dinar - Wikipedia

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    Kuwaiti dinar. The Kuwaiti dinar ( Arabic: دينار كويتي, code: KWD) is the currency of Kuwait. It is sub-divided into 1,000 fulūs. [2] As of 2023, the Kuwaiti dinar is the currency with the highest value per base unit, with KD 1 equalling US$ 3.26, [3] ahead of the Bahraini dinar with BD 1 equalling US$2.65 and Omani rial at US$2.60.

  8. French franc - Wikipedia

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    The franc ( / fræŋk /; French: franc français, [fʁɑ̃ fʁɑ̃sɛ]; sign: F or Fr ), [n 2] also commonly distinguished as the French franc ( FF ), was a currency of France. Between 1360 and 1641, it was the name of coins worth 1 livre tournois and it remained in common parlance as a term for this amount of money. It was reintroduced (in ...

  9. Singapore Turf Club (1842 - 1988) - Wikipedia

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    Defunct. 1988. ( 1988) The Singapore Turf Club was founded in 1842 as the Singapore Sporting Club to operate the Serangoon Road Race Course at Farrer Park Field. [1] It was the only horse-racing club in Singapore and is part of the Malayan Racing Association. The first race was held on 23 February 1843 with a prize money of $150. [2]