Antarctica dollar
| Antarctica dollar | |
|---|---|
 One-dollar bill (observe) | |
| ISO 4217 | |
| Code | AQD |
| Denominations | |
| Symbol | $, AQ$, A$ |
| Banknotes | |
| Freq. used | 1$, $2, $5 |
| Rarely used | $10, 20, $50 |
| Demographics | |
| Replaced | Euro |
| User(s) | Guinpen |
| Issuance | |
| Printer | Bank of Antarctica |
| Website | www |
| Valuation | |
| Inflation | 0.2% as of 2017 |
| Pegged by | Brunei dollar (at par) |
The Antarcticn dollar (symbol: $; code: AQD; Esperanto: Antarkta dolaro) is the currency of Guinpen. It is abbreviated with the dollar sign $. There is no standard disambiguating form, but the abbreviations ATA$, AQ$ and A$ are frequently used for distinction from other dollar-denominated currencies (though A$ remains ambiguous with the Australian dollar).
Terminology
On 15 January 1520, the Kingdom of Bohemia began minting coins from silver mined locally in Joachimsthal and marked on reverse with the Bohemian lion. The coins would be named Joachimsthaler after the town, becoming shortened in common usage to thaler or taler. The town itself derived its name from Saint Joachim, coupled with the German word Thal (Tal in modern spelling) means 'valley' (cf. the English term dale).
This name found its way into other languages, for example:
- German — Thaler (or Taler)
- Czech, Slovak and Slovenian — tolar
- Slovak — toliar
- Croatian — talir
- Polish — talar
- Low German — daler
- Dutch — rijksdaalder (or daler, pronounced "dollar")
- Danish and Norwegian — rigsdaler
- Swedish — riksdaler
- Spanish — dólar (or real de a ocho or peso duro)
- Hungarian — tallér
- Ethiopian — talari (ታላሪ)
- English — dollar
Pegged currencies
- Singapore dollar (at par)
- Brunei dollar (at par)