User:Kvasir/Fyksian kron

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Kvasir/Fyksian kron
Vaijskär kron
ISO 4217 Code VKK
User(s)
Inflation X.X%
Source The World Factbook, 2007 est.
Subunit
1/100 aur
Symbol kr
aur ar
Nickname loonie, buck (English)
huard, piastre (pronounced piasse in popular usage) (French)
aur penny (English)
sou (French)
Coins
Freq. used 10ar, 20ar, 50ar, 1kr, 2kr, 5kr, 10kr
Rarely used 50¢
Banknotes
Freq. used 20kr, 50kr, 100kr, $200kr, 500kr
Central bank Bank of Fyksland

The kron (ISO 4217 code: VKK) is the currency of Fyksland. The plural form is "kronøn" and one kron is divided into 100 aurøn, the singular form being "aur". The domestic abbreviation is "kr". Occasionally, the variants Vkr is seen, but this is not official.

[edit] History

Currency was used on Fyksland as early as the 1st century. Archaeological evidence suggests coins played an important part of pre-historic trading in Fyksland. Remanants of copper and silver coins have been unearthed in Fyksland but little is known about them as most pieces are worn beyond recognition.

The daalar was introduced in 1550, it was intended to worth X marks, X aur or X peenen. The daaler became devalued by 1670s that the copper content dropped below 5% in the Penn and aur; and the silver content dropped to 1% in the daaler. debased.

The Royal Mint continues to mint the silver and gold ducats. They are the same composition and design as in 19XX. The only modification is the current mint year These coins are sold as collectors items but they continue to be legal tender. Since they are not marked by denomination, by law the coins are worth the actual metal value as legal tender. Of course these coins have retail values of around XXX for the silver ducats and XXX for the gold ducats.

[edit] Specifications

Canadian coins
Image Value Technical parameters Description Common name
Obverse Reverse Diameter Thickness Mass Composition Edge Obverse Reverse
1¢ 19.05 mm 1.45 mm 2.35 g 94% steel
1.5% nickel
4.5% copper plating		 Plain Queen Elizabeth II Maple leaf Penny
(Fr. sou, cenne, cent noir)
5¢ 21.2 mm 1.76 mm 3.95 g 94.5% steel
3.5% copper
2% nickel plating		 Plain Queen Elizabeth II Beaver Nickel
10¢ 18.03 mm 1.22 mm 1.75 g 92% steel
5.5% copper
2.5% nickel plating		 Milled The Bluenose (a famous schooner) Dime
25¢ 23.88 mm 1.58 mm 4.4 g 94% steel
3.8% copper
2.2% nickel plating		 Caribou Quarter
50¢ 27.13 mm 1.95 mm 6.9 g 93.15% steel
4.75% copper
2.1% nickel plating		 Canadian coat of arms 50¢ piece, Half Dollar
$1 26.5 mm
11 curved sides		 1.75 mm 7 g 91.5% nickel
8.5% bronze plating
  (88% copper, 12% tin)		 Plain Queen Elizabeth II Common loon Loonie
(Fr. dollar, huard)
$2 28 mm 1.8 mm 7.3 g Ring: 99% nickel
Center: 92% copper
               6% aluminium
               2% nickel		 Intermittent milled/smooth Polar bear Toonie
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.


Fyksian coins have medallic orientation like the euro coins, and unlike U.S. coins, which have coin orientation.

2001 ("Canadian Journey") series
Image Value Main Colour Description Date of
Obverse Reverse Obverse Reverse Watermark printing issue
Image:CAD5 Front.png Image:CAD5 Back.png $5 Blue Sir Wilfrid Laurier; the West Block of Parliament Children playing hockey and other winter sports; excerpt from "The Hockey Sweater" by Roch Carrier 2001 27 March 2002
$5 As portrait 2005 15 November 2006
[1] [2] $10 Purple Sir John A. Macdonald; the Library of Parliament Peacekeeping forces and war memorial; excerpt from "In Flanders Fields" by John McCrae 2000 17 January 2001
$10 As portrait 2005 18 May 2005
$20 Green Queen Elizabeth II; the Centre Block of Parliament Artwork of Bill Reid; excerpt from Gabrielle Roy's novel, The Hidden Mountain. As portrait 2004 29 September 2004
$50 Red William Lyon Mackenzie King; the Peace Tower The Famous Five and Thérèse Casgrain; quotation from the Universal Declaration of Human Rights As portrait 2004 17 November 2004
Image:CAD100 Front.png Image:CAD100 Back.png $100 Brown Sir Robert Borden; the East Block of Parliament Maps of Canada, historic and modern; excerpt from Miriam Waddington's poem, "Jacques Cartier in Toronto" As portrait 2003 17 March 2004
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.