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Swiss Franc

The Swiss franc, or simply the franc, is the currency and legal tender of Switzerland and Liechtenstein. It is also legal tender in the Italian exclave of Campione d'Italia, which is surrounded by Swiss territory. The Swiss National Bank (SNB) issues the banknotes, and the federal mint Swissmint issues the coins. The franc is also designated through the currency signs Fr. in German; fr. in French, Italian, and Romansh; and CHF (for Confoederatio Helvetica Franc) in any other language. CHF also serves as Switzerland's ISO 4217 currency code, used by banks and financial institutions. The smallest denomination, a hundredth of a franc, is a Rappen (Rp.) in German, centime (c.) in French, centesimo (ct.) in Italian, and rap (rp.) in Romansh. The official symbols Fr. (in German) and fr. (in the Romance languages) are widely used by businesses and advertisers, including in English. However, according to Art. 1 SR/RS 941.101 of the federal law collection, the internationally official abbreviation – regardless of national languages – is CHF, which is also to be used in English; respective guides also request that the ISO 4217 code be used. The use of SFr. for Swiss Franc and fr.sv. are outdated. As previously indicated, the "CH" stands for Confoederatio Helvetica; given the different languages used in Switzerland, Latin is used to make a language-neutral name for "Switzerland" and "Swiss".

New Zealand Dollar

The New Zealand dollar (Māori: tāra o Aotearoa; sign: $; code: NZD) is the official currency and legal tender of New Zealand including 2 freely associated states of New Zealand (Cook Islands and Niue), 2 dependent territories of New Zealand (Ross Dependency and Tokelau) and a British territory, the Pitcairn Islands. Its base unit is the dollar, each divided into 100 cents. Internationally, the abbreviations "$NZ" or "NZ$" are used when necessary to distinguish it from other currencies, particularly the Australian dollar. The dollar was introduced in 1967, replacing New Zealand pound. Currently, it consists of five coins and five banknotes with the smallest being the 10-cent coin; smaller denominations have been discontinued due to inflation and production costs. In the context of currency trading, the New Zealand dollar is sometimes informally called the "Kiwi" or "Kiwi dollar", since the flightless bird, the kiwi, is depicted on its one-dollar coin. It is the tenth most traded currency in the world, representing 2.1% of global foreign exchange market daily turnover in 2019.