Currency
- Crown (English coin), originally known as the "crown of the double rose", was an English gold coin introduced as part of King Henry VIII's monetary reform of 1526 with the value of five shillings; later a silver coin of the same value
- Crown (British coin), a heavy silver coin, parallel in size and weight to the United States silver dollar
- Crown (Australian coin), the Australian version of the British Crown
- Koruna (disambiguation)
- Krona (disambiguation)
- Krone (disambiguation)
- Estonian kroon, the official currency of Estonia for two periods in history: 1928–1940 and 1992–2011
- Hungarian korona, the replacement currency of the Austro-Hungarian Krone/korona amongst the boundaries of the newly created post-World War I Hungary
- crown (currency), is a monetary unit used in the countries of Czech Republic, Denmark, Iceland, Norway and Sweden and the territory of Faroe Islands.
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Famous quotes containing the word currency:
“Common experience is the gold reserve which confers an exchange value on the currency which words are; without this reserve of shared experiences, all our pronouncements are cheques drawn on insufficient funds.”
—René Daumal (1908–1944)
“One of the reforms to be carried out during the incoming administration is a change in our monetary and banking laws, so as to secure greater elasticity in the forms of currency available for trade and to prevent the limitations of law from operating to increase the embarrassment of a financial panic.”
—William Howard Taft (1857–1930)
“It is the international system of currency which determines the totality of life on this planet. That is the natural order of things today. That is the atomic, and sub-atomic, and galactic
structure of things today. And you have meddled with the primal forces of nature! And you will atone! Am I getting through to you, Mr. Beale?”
—Paddy Chayefsky (1923–1981)