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The US Dollar $ $ $ $
The dollar became the currency of the USA
in 1792. All the bills (banknotes) and coins
have got a president’s head on one side. For
example, George Washington is on the one-
dollar bill.
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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 £
B. Read again and complete the sentences.
The currency of Great Britain is the pound
1. George Washington’s head is on the .
and all the coins and banknotes have got
the head of Queen Elizabeth II or King 2. In the USA a 25-cent coin is called a
Charles III on one side. In Britain people and a ive-cent coin is called a .
also call a pound a quid and a five-pound 3. People in Britain call the a quid.
note a fiver. A hundred pence make a
4. The British started using pound coins in
pound. In 1983, the British started using
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the pound coin instead of the pound note.
There are different symbols on the pound 5. started using the euro in 2002.
coins for the different parts of the UK. 6. You can see Wolfgang Mozart on the back side of the
England has got a lion’s head, Scotland euro coin.
has got a thistle and Wales has got a leek.
The Euro € CULTURE FOCUS
On 1 January 2002, twelve European The currency of Serbia is the dinar. There are ive
countries started using the euro. There are coins and nine banknotes. A hundred pare (singular
seven notes and eight euro coins. A hundred para) make a Serbian dinar. On each banknote, there

cents make a euro. The coins in every is a picture of a di erent person who is important for
the country. For example, the 10-dinar banknote has
country have got the same design on the
got the picture of Vuk Stefanović Karadžić, a Serbian
front side. On the back side each country has
philologist and reformer of the country’s language,
got a different design. For example, Italy has and the 100-dinar banknote has got a picture of Nikola
got a drawing by Leonardo da Vinci, Austria Tesla, the great Serbian inventor.
has got a picture of Wolfgang Mozart and What other currencies do you know about? How many
Germany has got its symbol, the eagle. coins/banknotes are there and what/who is on each
one?
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