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  2. Trillion - Wikipedia

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    Trillion. Visualization of 1 trillion (short scale) A Rubik's cube, which has about 43 trillion (long scale) possible positions. Trillion is a number with two distinct definitions: 1,000,000,000,000, i.e. one million million, or 10 12 (ten to the twelfth power ), as defined on the short scale. This is now the meaning in both American and ...

  3. Slang terms for money - Wikipedia

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    1 000: 1 000 kr bill: comes from slang of the bills during the 80s when the banknotes used to be very long and therefore were called “lakan” meaning bed sheet skjorta: 10 000: 10 000 kr: used in Östermalm, Stockholm Kanin: 1 000 000: 1 000 000 kr: meaning “rabbit”, comes from Egyptian arabic Hare: 10 000 000: 10 000 000 kr

  4. Billion - Wikipedia

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    Billion. Billion is a word for a large number, and it has two distinct definitions: 1,000,000,000, i.e. one thousand million, or 10 9 (ten to the ninth power ), as defined on the short scale. This is now the most common sense of the word in all varieties of English; it has long been established in American English and has since become common in ...

  5. United States dollar - Wikipedia

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    The same coinage act also set the value of an eagle at 10 dollars, and the dollar at 110 eagle. It called for silver coins in denominations of 1, 1 ⁄ 2, 1 ⁄ 4, 110, and 120 dollar, as well as gold coins in denominations of 1, 1 ⁄ 2 and 1 ⁄ 4 eagle. The value of gold or silver contained in the dollar was then converted ...

  6. Lebanese pound - Wikipedia

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    Lebanese pound. None official. The abbreviation LL or ل.ل. is used. The lira or pound[ a] is the currency of Lebanon. It was formerly divided into 100 piastres (or qirsh in Arabic) but, because of high inflation during the Lebanese Civil War (1975–1990), subunits were discontinued. The plural of lira is either lirat ( ليرات līrāt) or ...

  7. History of the United States dollar - Wikipedia

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    Thus the United States moved to a gold standard, making both gold and silver the legal-tender coinage of the United States, and guaranteed the dollar as convertible to 23.22 grains (1.50463 grams, 0.048375 troy ounces) of pure gold, or a little over $20.67 per ounce.

  8. Exchange rate history of the Indian rupee - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of tables showing the historical timeline of the exchange rate for the Indian rupee (INR) against the special drawing rights unit (SDR), United States dollar (USD), pound sterling (GBP), Deutsche mark (DM), euro (EUR) and Japanese yen (JPY). The rupee was worth one shilling and sixpence in sterling in 1947.

  9. Jamaican dollar - Wikipedia

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    At the time of the currency's introduction, 1969, coins of 1 cent (1.2 pence), 5 cents (6 pence), 10 cents (1 shilling), 20 cents (2 shillings), and 25 cents (2 shillings 6 pence) were produced. With the exception of a smaller bronze 1 cent, the compositions, sizes, and shapes of the coins were identical to those they replaced.