economics, a local currency is a currency that can be spent in a particular geographical locality at participating organisations. A regional currency is a form...

A currency is a standardization of money in any form, in use or circulation as a medium of exchange, for example banknotes and coins. A more general definition...

regional currencies are similar to local currencies, but are used within a larger geographical region; and sectoral currencies are complementary currencies used...

The euro (symbol: €; currency code: EUR) is the official currency of 20 of the 27 member states of the European Union. This group of states is officially...

States dollar (symbol: $; currency code: USD; also abbreviated US$ to distinguish it from other dollar-denominated currencies; referred to as the dollar...

its own coins in the yuan currency system in 1903. Banknotes were issued in yuan denominations from the 1890s by several local and private banks, along...

is the rate at which one currency will be exchanged for another currency. Currencies are most commonly national currencies, but may be sub-national as...

in which a currency's value is fixed or pegged by a monetary authority against the value of another currency, a basket of other currencies, or another...

Currency substitution is the use of a foreign currency in parallel to or instead of a domestic currency. Currency substitution can be full or partial...

to the national currency, rather than a replacement for it. He called the currency "green dollars" and it was mostly used by a local dentist, but dwindled...