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Currency

      Titles Descriptions
  1. 164 Currency Converter
  2. Bank of Canada
  3. Beyond Face Value: Depictions of Slavery in Confederate Currency
  4. Converter Site
  5. Currency Exchange Rates History Graphs
  6. Current Value of Old Money
  7. Danish Referendum on Economic and Monetary Union
  8. Electronic Money, or E-Money, and Digital Cash
  9. Euro
  10. Euro Information
  11. Financial Crises in Emerging Markets
  12. History of Money from Ancient Times to the Present Day
  13. Ipoints
  14. Knowledge Guide to the Euro
  15. Quest
  16. Statistics on Payment Systems in the Group of Ten Countries 1999
  17. Survey of Electronic Money Developments
  18. UK Government Policy on Economic and Monetary Union
  19. Universal Currency Converter

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164 Currency Converter
Converts any one of several dozen currencies to any other, at current rates of exchange.
     Author: OANDA
     Subjects: currency
     DeweyClass: 332.45
     Resource type: service
Bank of Canada
Information in English or French on the Bank of Canada and its publications, exchange rates, library, and currency museum.
     Author: Bank of Canada
     Subjects: banking, canadian government, currency
     DeweyClass: 332.1
     Resource type: institution
Beyond Face Value: Depictions of Slavery in Confederate Currency
Collection of bank note images depicting scenes of slavery in Civil War America. Material is organised alphabetically by state or according to activities associated with slave labour. Also contains an overview of the Civil War.
     Author: US Civil War Center
     Subjects: currency, slavery, united states civil war
     DeweyClass: 326
     Resource type: image collection
Converter Site
Provides a set of instruments for converting metric and imperial measurements. Includes unit converters for acceleration, area, energy, fuel consumption, length and distance, liquid volume, mass and weight, power, temperature, time, velocity and currency.
     Author: Alastair Hazell
     Subjects: currency, physical data
     DeweyClass: 530.7
     Resource type: service
Currency Exchange Rates History Graphs
Exchange rates for a range of foreign currency, and rate information for the last thirty days. Also includes a currency calculator function. Exchange rate information is based on the daily 12 noon buying rates by the New York Federal Reserve Bank.
     Author: Stock, Tiago
     Subjects: currency
     DeweyClass: 332.4
     Resource type: service
Current Value of Old Money
Collection of links to tools and resources offering information on the value of money, in terms of purchasing power, at any given time in history. Also offers a guide to printed sources of interest.
     Author: Davies, Roy
     Subjects: currency, financial research
     DeweyClass: 332.4
     Resource type: bibliography, index
Danish Referendum on Economic and Monetary Union
Provides an overview of the Danish referendum held in September 2000, which resulted in a vote against joining the European single currency. Examines the background to the opt-out, campaigns adopted, public attitudes towards the Euro, and assesses the political implications of the outcome.
     Author: House of Commons Library
     Subjects: currency, denmark, european union
     DeweyClass: 320.9
     Resource type: document
Electronic Money, or E-Money, and Digital Cash
Links to resources covering e-money FAQs, payment systems information, and articles and conference papers relating to electronic money.
     Author: Davies, Roy
     Subjects: currency, electronic commerce
     DeweyClass: 332.4
     Resource type: documents
Euro
Information about the proposed common currency unit of the European Union, presented in all eleven official languages.
     Author: European Commission
     Subjects: currency, european business
     DeweyClass: 332.4
     Resource type: guide
Euro Information
Official UK Government website for the euro. Contains information for UK businesses preparing for the advent of the euro.
     Author: HM Treasury, Crown Copyright
     Subjects: currency, european business
     DeweyClass: 332.4
     Resource type: documents
Financial Crises in Emerging Markets
Working papers examining the causes of exchange rate crises in emerging market countries, and investigating policies to reduce the risks and possible adverse effects of future crises. Offers information on forthcoming related conferences.
     Author: National Bureau of Economic Research
     Subjects: currency, economic performance
     DeweyClass: 332.45
     Resource type: documents, news
History of Money from Ancient Times to the Present Day
Information on the history of money in the context of social, political, economic and technological developments from prehistory to the end of the twentieth century. Includes a collection of essays on the origins of money and banking; warfare and financial history; the significance of Celtic coinage; Britain and European Monetary Union; democracy and government control of the money supply; third world money and debt in the twentieth century.
     Author: Davies, Glyn & Davies, Roy
     Subjects: currency, financial research
     DeweyClass: 332.4
     Resource type: documents, essays
Ipoints
A Web-based currency obtained by buying goods such as holidays, cars, books, flowers, and software over the Internet. Once earned, Ipoints may be exchanged online as payment for CDs, computer games, videos, flights, and vouchers for shops such as Marks and Spencer.
     Author: Loyalty Plus
     Subjects: currency, internet commerce
     DeweyClass: 384.3
     Resource type: service
Knowledge Guide to the Euro
Presents a guide to information sources on the European single currency. Coverage includes business tools and implementation issues, national governments, European banks, news sources and unofficial guides, and exchange rates.
     Author: Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales
     Subjects: currency, european business
     DeweyClass: 332.4
     Resource type: documents, index
Quest
Questions and answers for European citizens relating to the euro and European Economic and Monetary Union. Chapters, available as PDF files, feature information on the impact of the euro on society and personal finances, the changeover from national currencies, and the institutions, procedures, and policies which comprise the EMU.
     Author: European Commission
     Subjects: currency, european union
     DeweyClass: 332.4
     Resource type: documents
Statistics on Payment Systems in the Group of Ten Countries 1999
Provides statistics on means of payment for transactions in the G10 group of nations; Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland, the UK, and the USA. Includes data on settlement media used by banks, bank notes and coins in circulation, cash dispensers and ATMs, and debit/credit cards in circulation. Data provided covers the period 1995-1999.
     Author: Bank for International Settlements
     Subjects: banking, currency
     DeweyClass: 332.4
     Resource type: document
Survey of Electronic Money Developments
Offers information on electronic money products that were either in use or under development worldwide at the beginning of the new millennium. Both card and network based products are discussed, and policy responses on related issues are given for each country. Presented as a PDF file.
     Author: Bank for International Settlements
     Subjects: banking, currency, electronic commerce
     DeweyClass: 384.3
     Resource type: document
UK Government Policy on Economic and Monetary Union
Presents the official UK government decision on membership of the European single currency, as announced by Chancellor Gordon Brown on June 9th 2003. Includes the assessment of the five economic tests, 18 supporting studies, and the third outline national changeover plan. Documents are provided in PDF and HTML formats.
     Author: Crown Copyright
     Subjects: currency, european business
     DeweyClass: 332.4
     Resource type: documents
Universal Currency Converter
Converts any one of a wide range currencies to any other, at current rates of exchange. Information available in English, French or Swedish.
     Author: Xenon Laboratories
     Subjects: currency
     DeweyClass: 332.45
     Resource type: service