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  "title": "About US$20 in one-unit coins and notes",
  "snapshot_date": "2026-10-27",
  "snapshot_source": "European Central Bank Euro foreign exchange reference rates",
  "snapshot_url": "https://www.ecb.europa.eu/stats/policy_and_exchange_rates/euro_reference_exchange_rates/html/index.en.html",
  "quote_convention": "ECB rates give units of each quoted currency per EUR. USD 20 equivalent = 20 × (currency units per EUR) ÷ (USD per EUR).",
  "rounding": "Nearest whole one-unit coin/note count, half up. Residual is rounded count minus the exact converted count.",
  "data_scope_note": "Approximate denomination counts for an amount near USD 20 at a dated ECB reference rate; whole counts are rounded. This compares unit face values, not money supply or market capitalization. JPY and AUD are extra currencies selected by FX turnover (BIS April 2025). Each chart icon is one preserved-aspect image with transparent padding; paired source scans are cropped to one actual face. GBP artwork is a withdrawn 1983 coin shown solely as a historical £1 denomination example; CNY artwork is a commemorative ¥1 coin, not the standard coin.",
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    "AUD": "1.5856",
    "CAD": "1.5636",
    "CNY": "7.4343",
    "MXN": "20.7800"
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    "ecb_use_note": "ECB states the reference rates are for information and strongly discourages transaction use.",
    "fx_snapshot_note": "The rates below are the complete input values needed to reproduce the amounts; the same-day ECB page is linked above."
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  "extra_currency_selection": {
    "criterion": "FX market turnover, not market capitalization",
    "source": "BIS Triennial Central Bank Survey, OTC foreign exchange turnover in April 2025, Graph 2A",
    "source_url": "https://www.bis.org/statistics/rpfx25_fx.pdf",
    "why_jpy_and_aud": "Among additional individual currencies beyond USD, EUR, CNY, MXN, CAD, GBP and CHF, JPY and AUD are the highest-turnover individually reported currencies in the BIS 2025 survey. The chart reports JPY at 16.8% and AUD at 6.1% of turnover by currency (currency shares sum to 200% because each FX trade has two currency sides).",
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