5th most traded currency in the world
5% of worldwide foreign exchange
1815 first coinage issued in NSW
First in world to be printed on polymer substrate instead of paper.
14 December 1966 decimal currency started.
Low against US dollar was when A$1 = US$0.47
In late July 2011 A$1 = US$1.10
The value of the Australian dollar is held up by high interest rates here economic and political stability our position near Asia and high commodity prices.
It is sensitive to decline in China or recover in the US any change in terms of trade or Reserve Bank of Australia monetary policy.