Australian Dollar to Ukrainian Hryvnia

The Australian dollar (symbol: $ ,code: AUD, number 036) is used in Australia, as well as on the Islands of Norfolk, Christmas Island, the Cocos Islands, in Nauru, Tuvalu and Kiribati. It is subdivided into 100 cents. $/A$/AU$ and other abbreviations are used.

The currency was introduced in 1966 to replace the Australian pound. Traditionally, coins and some banknotes depict portraits of the queen Elizabeth II as well as representatives of the fauna of the continent and famous people.

The Ukrainian hryvnia (sign грн, code UAH) serves as the national currency of Ukraine. It is not printed or accepted outside it. Kopiykas are used as change for the Ukrainian hryvnia.

Every UAH has 100 kopiykas. The currency has been in circulation since 1996. Prior to that, there was the karbovantes, and even earlier there was the Soviet ruble. The word “hryvnia” comes for the term “mane”. It defined coins with strings, resembling a bright mane of a golden horse. The word became widespread in old Rus. It was used as a weight measurement.