Australian pound
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| Unit | |||||
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| Unit | pound | ||||
| Plural | pounds | ||||
| Symbol | £ | ||||
| Denominations | |||||
| Subunit | |||||
| 1⁄20 | shilling | ||||
| 1⁄240 | penny | ||||
| Plural | |||||
| penny | pence | ||||
| Symbol | |||||
| shilling | s, /– | ||||
| penny | d | ||||
| Banknotes | |||||
| Freq. used | 10/–, £1, £5, £10 | ||||
| Rarely used | £20, £50, £100, £1,000 | ||||
| Coins | 1⁄2d, 1d, 3d, 6d, 1/-, 2/-, 5/- (5/- only used from 1937 to 1938) | ||||
| Demographics | |||||
| Date of introduction | 1910 | ||||
| Date of withdrawal | 14 February 1966 | ||||
| Replaced by | Australian dollar | ||||
| User(s) | Australia | ||||
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| Valuation | |||||
| Pegged with | initially to sterling at par, then at £A 1 = 16 shillings sterling | ||||
| Pegged by | New Guinea pound at par | ||||
| This infobox shows the latest status before this currency was rendered obsolete. | |||||
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The pound (sign: £, £A for distinction) was the currency of Australia from 1910 until 14 February 1966, when it was replaced by the Australian dollar. Like other £sd currencies, it was subdivided into 20 shillings (denoted by the symbol s or /–), each of 12 pence (denoted by the symbol d).