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There are two different currencies called the CFA franc: the West African CFA franc (XOF) and the Central African CFA franc (XAF). XAF. FCFA. Cameroon. Central African Republic. Chad. Republic of the Congo. Equatorial Guinea. Gabon.
Biafran pound. 1⁄2 shilling coin from 1969; aluminium, reverse. 1⁄2 shilling coin from 1969; aluminium, obverse. This infobox shows the latest status before this currency was rendered obsolete. The pound (symbol £) was the currency of the breakaway Republic of Biafra between 1968 and 1970.
British West African pound. A 1953 20/– (£1) note of the West African Currency Board. The pound was the currency of British West Africa, a group of British colonies, protectorates and mandate territories. It was equal to one pound sterling and was similarly subdivided into 20 shillings, each of 12 pence. [1]
The naira was introduced on 1 January 1973, [ 9] replacing the Nigerian pound at a rate of £1 = ₦2. [ 10] The coins of the new currency were the first coins issued by an independent Nigeria, as all circulating coins of the Nigerian pound were all struck by the colonial government of the Federation of Nigeria in 1959, with the name of Queen ...
These foreign-currency deposits are the financial assets of the central banks and monetary authorities that are held in different reserve currencies (e.g., the U.S. dollar, the euro, the pound sterling, the Japanese yen, the Indian rupee, and the Swiss franc) and which are used to back its liabilities (e.g., the local currency issued and the ...
The market convention is to quote most exchange rates against the USD with the US dollar as the base currency (e.g. USDJPY, USDCAD, USDCHF). The exceptions are the British pound (GBP), Australian dollar (AUD), the New Zealand dollar (NZD) and the euro (EUR) where the USD is the counter currency (e.g. GBPUSD, AUDUSD, NZDUSD, EURUSD).
The pound was the currency of Nigeria between 1907 and 1973. Until 1958, Nigeria used the British West African pound, after which it issued its own currency. The pound was subdivided into 20 shillings, each of 12 pence. The Nigerian pound, at parity with sterling with free convertibility, [ 1] was replaced in 1973 with the decimal naira at a ...
The pound hit its highest level against the dollar in a year on Wednesday as investors bet on UK interest rates staying higher for longer. Fresh data on Wednesday showed the rate of inflation was ...