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£ £ 1
has got a leek. © MM Publications
£
The US Dollar $ £ € £ $
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,
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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
called a nickel. The 10-cent coin is called a dime
and the 25-cent coin is called a quarter. $
The British pound £ €
The currency of Great Britain is the pound and
all the coins and banknotes have got the head 3
of Queen Elizabeth II on one side. In Britain
people also call the pound quid and the five-
pound note a fiver. A hundred pence make a
pound. In 1983 the British started using the
pound coin instead of the pound note. There
are different symbols on the pound coins for
B. Read again and complete the sentences.
the different parts of the UK. England has got a
lion’s head, Scotland has got a thistle and Wales 1. George Washington’s head is on the
$ .
The Euro € £ $ 2. In the USA a 25-cent coin is called a

and a ive-cent coin is called

st
On January 1 2002, twelve European countries
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started using the euro. There are seven notes and
eight euro coins. A hundred cents make a euro. 3. People in Britain call the a

The coins in every country have got the same quid.
design on the front side. On the back side each
4. The British started using pound coins in
country has got a different design. For example,
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Italy has got a drawing by Leonardo da Vinci,

Austria has got a picture of Wolfgang Mozart and 5. started using the euro in 2002.
Germany has got its symbol, the eagle. $ 6. You can see Wolfgang Mozart on the back side
£ of the euro coin.

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