Phred wrote:
> In article >, "Bob Myers" > wrote:
>
>>"Dog3" > wrote in message
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>>
>>>"Curandera" > wrote in
. com:
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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.
>

Where ever you see "D" as the last letter, that is "dollar." Likewise,
there is a high probability that they use the "$" symbol as well.

Interestingly, when Mexico was switching from the old peso to the new,
they used NP$ to differentiate the nuevo (new) pesos. Now, it is just $.


jim