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World monetary units : an historical dictionary, country by country / Howard M. Berlin.
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Berlin, Howard M.
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English
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Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., 2006.
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vii, 229 pages ; 27 cm
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HG216 .B465 2005
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"From Afghanistan to Zimbabwe, this comprehensive reference work covers the monetary systems of 203 countries and four confederations. An introductory chapter explains the arrangement of the information and the conventions that are used for spelling, foreign diction and uncommon monetary symbols and abbreviations. The dictionary, provides historical and orthographical information for all monetary systems according to country"--Provided by publisher.
"From Afghanistan to Zimbabwe, this comprehensive reference work covers the monetary systems of 203 countries and four confederations. Chronologies show the evolution of each monetary unit. Orthographies summarize the commonly accepted English spelling of the unit names as well as known abbreviations and symbols. A glossary lists all the unit names alphabetically and reveals their etymologies." "The work is augmented with five useful appendices; a guide to major foreign language number systems, an outline of the families of monetary units, a list of more than 340 standard monetary abbreviations and symbols, two tables summarizing the ISO-4217 currency codes, and a list of current central banks and their associated internet sites."--BOOK JACKET.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN
0786420804 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9780786420803 (hardcover : alk. paper)
LCCN
2005025416
OCLC
61454028
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C - S
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