In article >, "Bob Myers" > wrote:
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>"Dog3" > wrote in message
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>> "Curandera" > wrote in
>> :
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>> > And Singapore, Canada, Taiwan, Barbados, the Caymans, Fiji, Jamaica,
>> > the Bahamas, Liberia, Trinidad, Belize, Zimbabwe, and Bermuda, I
>> > think.
>>
>> Unless the West Indies have changed currency in the past 10 years one has
>> to convert American $. If I made an error, I apologize.
>
>The point was, though, that there are quite a few places on Earth
>that call their currency "dollars" (not necessarily 1:1 equivalent to
>U.S. dollars, mind you, but they still use the name) and/or use the
>"$" symbol for references to their own currency. About the only
>one I've seen that specifically distinguishes their dollar in everyday
>use is Taiwan, where the New Taiwan Dollar is most often indicated
>by "NT$" (probably because of their close ties to the U.S., and a
>fairly strong American presence at any given time).

If you want ot refer unambiguously to world currencies, you can always
use the standard abbreviations, one official(?) source of which is at:

http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/...elds/2158.html


Cheers, Phred.

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