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Australia, New Zealand and Canada all switched from currencies called "Pound" to currencies called "Dollar" in the 20th Century. Was this to gain diplomatic and economic favours from the USA or was there some other reason?

by /u/Real_Carl_Ramirez in /r/AskHistorians

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