Australian Dollar Currency Converter

The Australian dollar (sign: $; code: AUD) is the official currency and legal tender of Australia, including its external territories, Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands and Norfolk Island, and three independent sovereign Pacific Island states: Kiribati, Nauru, and Tuvalu. Within Australia, it is almost always abbreviated with the dollar sign ($), with A$ or AU$ sometimes used to distinguish it from other dollar-denominated currencies. The $ symbol precedes the amount. On the introduction of the currency, the $ symbol was intended to have two strokes, but the version with one stroke has also always been acceptable. It is subdivided into 100 cents. The Australian dollar was introduced on 14 February 1966 to replace the pre-decimal Australian pound, with the conversion rate of two dollars to the pound. In 2016, the Australian dollar was the fifth-most-traded currency in world foreign exchange markets, accounting for 6.9% of the world's daily share. In the same year, there were A$71.12 billion in Australian currency in circulation, or A$2,932 per person in Australia, which includes cash reserves held by the banking system and cash in circulation in other countries or held as a foreign exchange reserve. With currencyconverts.com you can convert Australian Dollar (AU$) to any other foreign currency. To convert a certain amount of Australian Dollar use currency converter. This page provides a free online information about currency conversion or exchange rates for world fiat currencies. Exchange rates for Australian Dollar is calculated from mid-market real price and updates daily. Usually people search for AUD exchange rate before business travel to Australia or during trip to other countries and want to check rate of Australian Dollar in local money. On this page you can convert Australian Dollar to main foreign currencies, get fast access to most used amounts of AUD or aether calculate any amount of Australian Dollar in other fiat money.