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Old 06-19-2015, 04:57 AM   #10
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Originally Posted by GtrsRGr8 View Post
I, like you, do not consider $4.99 a bargain, unless it was for a very special ebook. However, according to xe.com, which gives current exchange rates of different currencies, 4.99 AUD = 3.88727 USD. $3.89 is a little better than $4.99.

What I want to know is how Australia, originally (for the white man, I know that there were and are aboriginals) a British colony, ended up with dollars as their unit of currency, not pounds. ha.
Here ya go. Historically speaking, it's not too different from how the US "dollar" got its name.

http://www.aussie-info.com/tourist/money2.php



And, the word "dollar" itself.

http://projects.exeter.ac.uk/RDavies/arian/dollar.html
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