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Infobox

Include {{Infobox Currency}}. For more detail, see the instruction.

Overview

The MainUnit was the currency of place from startYear to endYear. It was subdivided into x subunits....

Etymology

Won (pronounced like the past tense of the English verb (to) win) is a cognate of the Chinese yuan and Japanese yen. The won was subdivided into 100 jeon (전; 錢; McCune-Reischauer: chŏn; Revised Romanization: jeon)...

This coin was popular among American colonists, who called it the Spanish dollar, the name having derived from a German coin of similar size and composition known as the thaler.

History

history...

Most recent/Current status

It's pegged to so-and-so currency...
It seems that very few articles have information about M1, M2, or any money supply information. Currency articles aren't just for collectors, but the people who are interested in economics too.

Coins

Introductory/explanatory text above the specification table.

Specification table

In general, do not include withdrawal or lapse date if current. And do not split into upper and lower halves if there is only 1 column in this column group. See New Taiwan dollar for example.
  • Sort coins into series - common design, year of first minting or coin catalogs can help.
  • Sort series into regular, circulating commemorative and non-circulating commemorative issues.
  • A regular issue is typically minted in more than one years in large quantities and it primarily serves as payment medium.
  • A circulating commemorative issue is typically minted in one year (generally on an anniversary) in large quantities and also serves as payment medium. These coins might have a design more or less similar to the regular issues.
  • A (non-circulating) commemorative issue is typically minted in one year (generally on an anniversary) in small and limited quantity and not released into circulation but sold to collectors (usually for higher price than its nominal value - however, they are legal tender at their nominal value). These coins usually bear a special design - distinctive from the regular issues. High nominal value and using precious metal is also common.
  • Sort coins of the same regular issue into ascending order of their nominal value. Coins of the same value should be sorted into ascending order of their first minted year.
Prewar series - Regular issues (link to official page about this series if exists)
Image Value Technical parameters Description Date of
Obverse Reverse Diameter Thickness Mass Composition Edge Obverse Reverse first minting issue withdrawal
42.5px 42.5px 1 f 17.0 mm 1.0 mm 1.66 g Bronze
95% copper
4% tin
1% zinc
Smooth "MAGYAR KIRÁLYSÁG", Holy Crown of Hungary, year of minting Indication of value, mintmark 1926 27 December 1926 31 December 1945
52.5px 52.5px 20 f 21.0 mm
hole: 5.0 mm
1.7 mm 3.6 g Steel Smooth "MAGYAR KIRÁLYSÁG", Holy Crown of Hungary, year of minting Indication of value, mintmark 1941 11 November 1941 31 December 1945
Prewar series - Circulating commemorative issues
67.5px 67.5px 2 P 27.0 mm 2.1 mm 10.0 g 640‰ silver Incused "MAGYAR KIRÁLYSÁG", coat of arms, indication of value, year of minting, mintmark "A 300 ÉVES KIR PÁZMÁNY PÉTER TUD EGYETEM ALAPÍTÁSÁNAK EMLÉKÉRE"1, Péter Pázmány with two students 1935 25 September 1935 31 January 1942
These images are to scale at 2.5 pixels per millimetre, a Wikipedia standard for world coins. For table standards, see the coin specification table.

Banknotes

Introductory/explanatory text above the specification table.

Specification table

Q: Why not just the letter x?
A: Because it's not really the multiplication sign. And even though × and x look similar under most default browser setting, it's not always the case.
Q: How do I type "×"?
A: It's in the toolbox below when you edit, first line.
Q: What about wiki in other languages, or when they take it away from the toolbox?
A: There are numerous ways to enter it, although not with 1 key stroke.
  1. Copy and paste from here
  2. Click on it below the edit window
  3. If using Microsoft Windows, press and hold down the left Alt key, press 0 2 1 5 on the numeric keypad, release the Alt key.
  4. Open Microsoft Word, if you have it, type D7 and then press alt-x.
  5. Use "×" "×", or "×"
As with coins, in general, do not include withdrawal or lapse date if current. And do not split into upper and lower halves if there is only 1 column in this column group. See South Korean won for example.
1936-1941 series (link to official page about this series if exists)
Image Value Dimensions Main Colour Description Date of Remark
Obverse Reverse Obverse Reverse Watermark printing issue withdrawal
2 pengő 114 × 58 mm Green Female model Mother with her child Jane Doe 15 July 1940 20 January 1941 10 March 1942 Trivia
These images are to scale at 0.7 pixels per millimetre, a Wikipedia standard for world banknotes. For table standards, see the banknote specification table.

Historical exchange rates

Use Wikitable

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Exchange rate

Use {{Exchange Rate}} (for circulating currencies)

See instruction

Trivia/other info

See also

(e.g. CFA franc and CFP franc)

References

use template {{cite book}}, which looks like

{{cite book | title=Standard Catalog of World Paper Money: General Issues to 1960
|edition=8th ed. | author=Albert Pick
|editor=Neil Shafer, George S. Cuhaj, Colin R. Bruce II (editors)
|publisher=Krause Publications | year=1996 | id=ISBN 0873414691 }}

and results into
Albert Pick (1996). in Neil Shafer, George S. Cuhaj, Colin R. Bruce II (editors): Standard Catalog of World Paper Money: General Issues to 1960, 8th ed., Krause Publications. ISBN 0873414691. 

External links

(new succession box like)
Preceded by:
Sarawak dollar (post-WWII)
Reason: creation of a common Board of Commissioners of Currency
Ratio: at par, or 60 dollars = 7 British pounds
Currency of Sarawak
19531963
Currency of Malaysia
19631967
Note: formation of the Federation
Succeeded by:
Malaysian dollar
Location: Malaysia
Ratio: at par, or 60 dollars = 7 British pounds
Preceded by:
British North Borneo dollar (post-WWII)
Reason: creation of a common Board of Commissioners of Currency
Ratio: at par, or 60 dollars = 7 British pounds
Currency of British North Borneo
19531963
Preceded by:
Malayan dollar (post-WWII)
Reason: creation of a common Board of Commissioners of Currency
Ratio: at par, or 60 dollars = 7 British pounds
Currency of Malaya
19531963
Currency of Singapore
19531963
Succeeded by:
Singapore dollar
Location: Singapore
Reason: Independence
Ratio: at par, or 60 dollars = 7 British pounds
Currency of Brunei
19531967
Succeeded by:
Brunei dollar
Reason: Currency Agreement
Ratio: at par, or 60 dollars = 7 British pounds

{{Money-stub}} (where applicable)
{{Malaysia-stub}} (country stub where applicable)


[[Category:Currencies of Some Continent]]
[[Category:Economic of Some Country/Place]] (if not exist, use Category:Some Country/Place)
[[Category:Modern obsolete currencies]] (where applicable)
[[Category:Medieval currencies]] (where applicable)
[[Category:Ancient currencies]] (where applicable)
[[Category:Monetary unions]] (where applicable)

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Add links to this currency article from the articles of the country/place, central bank, and mint, etc. (Perhaps the "See Also" section of those articles)