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A. Listen, read and match the paragraphs with the pictures. 

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£
The US Dollar $ £ £ £ € € £ $ $
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The dollar became the currency of the USA
in 1785. All the bills (banknotes) and coins have
got a president’s head on one side. For example,
George Washington’s on the one-dollar bill.
A hundred cents make a dollar. There are
different names for the coins. The 5-cent coin is 3
called a nickel. The 10-cent coin is called a dime
and the 25-cent coin is called a quarter. €
The British pound £ $ B. Read again and complete the sentences.
1. George Washington’s head is on the
The currency of Great Britain is the pound
and all the coins and banknotes have got the .
head of Queen Elizabeth II on one side. In 2. In the USA a 25-cent coin is called a
Britain people also call the pound quid and the
and a ive-cent coin is called
five-pound note a fiver. A hundred pence make
a .
a pound. In 1983 the British started using the
pound coin instead of the pound note. There 3. People in Britain call the a
are different symbols on the pound coins for quid.
the different parts of the UK. England has got a 4. The British started using pound coins in
lion’s head, Scotland has got a thistle and Wales
.
has got a leek. $ 5. started using the euro in
The Euro £ $ 2002.
st
On January 1 2002, twelve European 6. You can see Wolfgang Mozart on the back side
countries started using the euro. There are seven
of the euro coin.

notes and eight euro coins. A hundred cents
make a euro. The coins in every country have got
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the same design on the front side. On the back
side each country has got a different design. For
In S erbia the o icial curr ency is the
In Serbia the o icial currency is the
example, Italy has got a drawing by Leonardo dinar. Do you know when it was used
dinar. Do you know when it was used
for the irst time?
da Vinci, Austria has got a picture of Wolfgang for the irst time?
Mozart and Germany has got its symbol, the
Mozart and Germany has got its symbol, the
Mozart and Germany has got its symbol, the
$ $
£
eagle.
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