Currency values in term of Special Drawing Rights

The International Monetary Fund (IMF), treasuries' department's currency values in terms of Special Drawing Rights (SDR).

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December 22, 2005

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                               Currency units per SDR            SDR per Currency unit

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Currency                       21/12/2005    20/12/2005     19/12/2005      16/12/2005

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Euro                             0.827761       0.829635       0.829737       0.830779

Japanese Yen                   0.00596185     0.00596959     0.00595423     0.00599117

Pound Sterling                    1.21961        1.22596        1.22365        1.22651

US Dollar                        0.697238       0.693965       0.692775       0.693298

Argentine Peso                          -       0.230247       0.230541              -

Australian Dollar                0.512191        0.51284        0.51681              -

Bahrain Dinar                     1.85436        1.84565        1.84249        1.84388

Botswana Pula                    0.126305       0.126371       0.125531       0.125002

Brazilian Real                   0.296836       0.292479             -               -

Brunei Dollar                    0.418209       0.417372       0.415931       0.415447

Canadian Dollar                  0.596185       0.591414       0.595474       0.599531

Chilean Peso                   0.00135231     0.00133872     0.00133792     0.00134173

Chinese Yuan                    0.0863292      0.0859506      0.0858138      0.0858733

Colombian Peso                         -              -     0.000304135    0.000304519

Cyprus Pound                      1.44355        1.44969        1.45178        1.44892

Czech Koruna                    0.0285859      0.0286762      0.0286602      0.0286215

Danish Krone                     0.110997       0.111253         0.1113       0.111482

Hungarian Forint               0.00330053      0.0033057     0.00329047     0.00328593

Icelandic Krona                 0.0110061      0.0109961      0.0110279      0.0111266

Indian Rupee                    0.0153678      0.0154112      0.0153133              -

Indonesian Rupiah             7.06565E-05    7.05608E-05    6.97659E-05    7.03499E-05

Iranian Rial                  7.67292E-05    7.63858E-05    7.62716E-05              -

Israeli New Sheqel               0.151606       0.150928       0.150997       0.151408

Korean Won                    0.000685651             -     0.000681664              -

Kuwaiti Dinar                      2.3878        2.37659        2.37252              -

Libyan Dinar                       0.5175         0.5175         0.5175         0.5175

Malaysian Ringgit                0.184469       0.183598       0.183288       0.183451

Maltese Lira                      1.92521             -         1.93464        1.93347

Mauritian Rupee                 0.0227605      0.0226502      0.0226393      0.0226269

Mexican Peso                    0.0654948      0.0648584      0.0645745      0.0644527

Nepalese Rupee                 0.00960449     0.00949401     0.00944543              -

New Zealand Dollar               0.474749       0.477587       0.478084       0.480664

Norwegian Krone                  0.102834       0.103278       0.103574       0.104258

Omani Rial                        1.81336        1.80485        1.80176        1.80312

Pakistan Rupee                  0.0116451      0.0115905      0.0115706      0.0115793

Polish Zloty                     0.216231       0.216182       0.215047              -

Qatar Riyal                      0.191549        0.19065       0.190323       0.190466

Saudi Arabian Riyal               0.18593       0.185057        0.18474       0.184879

Singapore Dollar                 0.418209       0.417372       0.415931       0.415447

Slovenian Tolar                0.00345508     0.00346695      0.0034743     0.00346866

South African Rand               0.109371       0.109718         0.1085              -

Sri Lanka Rupee                0.00683417     0.00680185     0.00678967              -

Swedish Krona                   0.0877857      0.0884877      0.0881393       0.087787

Swiss Franc                      0.532609       0.535136       0.536827              -

Thai Baht                       0.0170324      0.0169624      0.0169213              -

Trinidad & Tobago Dollar          0.11151             -        0.110464              -

UAE Dirham                       0.189854       0.188963       0.188639       0.188781

Venezuelan Bolivar            0.000364055    0.000362346    0.000361725    0.000361998

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NOTES
(1) The value of the US dollar in terms of the SDR is the reciprocal of the sum of the dollar values, based on market exchange rates, of specified quantities of the first four currencies shown. See SDR Valuation.
(2) The value in terms of the SDR of each of the other currencies shown above is derived from that currency's representative exchange rate against the US dollar as reported by the issuing central bank and the SDR value of the US dollar, except for the Iranian rial and the Libyan dinar, the values of which are officially expressed directly in terms of domestic currency units per SDR. All figures are rounded to six significant digits. See Representative Exchange Rates for Selected Currencies.
(3) The value in terms of each national currency of the SDR is the reciprocal of the value in terms of the SDR of each national currency, rounded to six significant digits.
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