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RWF - Rwandan Franc (RWF)

Rwandan Franc

The Rwandan Franc (RWF), is the authorized tender utilized in Rwanda. The Rwandan Franc is subdivided into a hundred centimes. Banknotes and coins are both used as legal tender for the country.

The Rwandan Franc is the currency in Rwanda (RW, RWA). The symbol for RWF can be written RF. The Rwandan Franc is divided into 100 centimes. The exchange rate for the Rwandan Franc was last updated on May 24, 2019 from Yahoo Finance. The RWF conversion factor has 5 significant digits.

Economy

• Rwanda is a very agricultural-based country with about seventy percent of the inhabitants engaged in farming. Major exports are tea and coffee.
• Despite being land-locked with a high population and minimal resources and industry, Rwanda has been able to make significant progress in rehabilitating and stabilizing its economy.
• The Rwandan economic system relies heavily on farm production of small, semi-subsistence, and fragmented farms.
• By 1994, farm size was was typically less than 1 hectare, whilst inhabitant’s density was greater than 450 individuals per square kilometer.

History

• The Franc became the foreign money of Rwanda in 1916, when Belgium captured the German territory and switched the German East African Rupee for the Belgian Congo Franc.
• Rwanda utilized the Belgian Congo Franc until 1960, when the Burundi and Rwanda Franc was introduced.
• Rwanda commenced issuing the Rwandan Franc in 1964.
• In 1964, banknotes of the Rwanda and Burundi Bank of Emission were overstamped for Rwanda usage only.
• In 1969, aluminum 1 franc coins were launched. In 1970, 2 and ½ francs were also added in aluminum.
• Brass 50 and 20 francs were launched in 1977.
• There is a plan to launch a standard currency, a modern East African Shilling, for 5 East African countries at the start of 2012.

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SVC - Salvadoran Colón (₡)

Salvadoran Colón

The United States Dollar is one of the most widely utilized currencies around the globe, both as an official currency and for international trade outside US borders. The Dollar is divided into 100 units called pennies or cents.

The El Salvador Colon is the currency in El Salvador (SV, SLV). The El Salvador Colon is divided into 100 centavos. The exchange rate for the El Salvador Colon was last updated on Today from The International Monetary Fund. The SVC conversion factor has 6 significant digits.

Economy

• The United States of America has a mixed capitalist economy, which is fueled by abundant natural resources, a well-developed infrastructure, and high productivity.
• According to the International Monetary Fund, the U.S. GDP of $15 trillion constitutes 23% of global GDP to exchange rates and market more than 20% of global GDP in purchasing power parity.
• Although larger than any other nation, its GDP is 5% smaller than the GDP of the European Union in purchasing power parity in 2008.
• The country ranks ninth in the world in nominal GDP per capita and sixth in GDP per capita in PPP. The United States Dollar is the main global reserve currency.

History

• The first Dollar coin issued by the United States Mint was similar in size and composition to the Spanish Dollar. The Spanish Dollar remained legal until 1857.
• The United States Dollar was defined by the Coinage Act of 1792.
• The lion Dollar was popular in the Dutch New Netherlands Colony (New York), but also circulated throughout the English colonies during the 17th century and 18th centuries. Examples of this Dollar circulating in the colonies were usually used so that the design was not fully distinguishable, so it is sometimes referred to as “dog dollars”.
• The early currency did not display faces of the presidents, as it does now. George Washington did not want his face to be on the currency.

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