decimalization
Sign in to saveDecimalisation or decimalization (see spelling differences) is the conversion of a system of currency or of weights and measures to units related by powers of 10.
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- Currency decimalisation by region
- Europe
- The Americas
- North America
- United States
- Canada
- Mexico
- Bermuda
- Caribbean
- Central America
- South America
- Africa
- South Africa
- Oceania
- Australia and New Zealand
- Rest of Oceania
- Asia
- Rupee-anna-pice-pie to Rupee-paisa conversion
- Mauritania and Madagascar
- Non-currency cases
- Securities
- Metrication
- Abbreviations for large amounts of money
- See also
- Further reading
- References
- External links
Decimalisation or decimalization (see spelling differences) is the conversion of a system of currency or of weights and measures to units related by powers of 10.
Most countries have decimalised their currencies, converting them from non-decimal sub-units to a decimal system, with one basic currency unit and sub-units that are valued relative to the basic unit by a power of 10, most commonly 100 and exceptionally 1,000, and sometimes at the same time, changing the name of the currency and/or the conversion rate to the new currency.