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by seanhunter 805 days ago
> All that international trade and banking you talk about refers to it as USD or US$, not $.

That is not true. For example on foreign exchange markets "Dollars" means USD. If you want AUD it's "ozzie", and if you want CAD it's "Loonie"[1], and NZD is "kiwi".

[1] I don't make the rules - FX markets are weird. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loonie