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+<?php // $Id$ 
+      // currencies.php - created with Moodle 1.5.2 (2005060220)
+
+$string['ADP'] = 'Andorran Peseta';
+$string['AED'] = 'United Arab Emirates Dirham';
+$string['AFA'] = 'Afghanistan Afghani';
+$string['ALL'] = 'Albanian Lek';
+$string['ANG'] = 'Netherlands Antillian Guilder';
+$string['AOK'] = 'Angolan Kwanza';
+$string['ARA'] = 'Argentinian Austral';
+$string['ATS'] = 'Austrian Schilling';
+$string['AUD'] = 'Australian Dollar';
+$string['AWG'] = 'Aruban Florin';
+$string['BBD'] = 'Barbados Dollar';
+$string['BDT'] = 'Bangladeshi Taka';
+$string['BEF'] = 'Belgian Franc';
+$string['BGL'] = 'Bulgarian Lev';
+$string['BHD'] = 'Bahraini Dinar';
+$string['BIF'] = 'Burundi Franc';
+$string['BMD'] = 'Bermudian Dollar';
+$string['BND'] = 'Brunei Dollar';
+$string['BOB'] = 'Bolivian Boliviano';
+$string['BRC'] = 'Brazilian Cruzeiro';
+$string['BSD'] = 'Bahamian Dollar';
+$string['BTN'] = 'Bhutan Ngultrum';
+$string['BUK'] = 'Burma Kyat';
+$string['BWP'] = 'Botswanian Pula';
+$string['BZD'] = 'Belize Dollar';
+$string['CAD'] = 'Canadian Dollar';
+$string['CHF'] = 'Swiss Franc';
+$string['CLF'] = 'Chilean Unidades de Fomento';
+$string['CLP'] = 'Chilean Peso';
+$string['CNY'] = 'Yuan (Chinese) Renminbi';
+$string['COP'] = 'Colombian Peso';
+$string['CRC'] = 'Costa Rican Colon';
+$string['CSK'] = 'Czech Koruna';
+$string['CUP'] = 'Cuban Peso';
+$string['CVE'] = 'Cape Verde Escudo';
+$string['CYP'] = 'Cyprus Pound';
+$string['DDM'] = 'East German Mark (DDR)';
+$string['DEM'] = 'Deutsche Mark';
+$string['DJF'] = 'Djibouti Franc';
+$string['DKK'] = 'Danish Krone';
+$string['DOP'] = 'Dominican Peso';
+$string['DZD'] = 'Algerian Dinar';
+$string['ECS'] = 'Ecuador Sucre';
+$string['EGP'] = 'Egyptian Pound';
+$string['ESP'] = 'Spanish Peseta';
+$string['ETB'] = 'Ethiopian Birr';
+$string['EUR'] = 'Euro';
+$string['FIM'] = 'Finnish Markka';
+$string['FJD'] = 'Fiji Dollar';
+$string['FKP'] = 'Falkland Islands Pound';
+$string['FRF'] = 'French Franc';
+$string['GBP'] = 'British Pound';
+$string['GHC'] = 'Ghanaian Cedi';
+$string['GIP'] = 'Gibraltar Pound';
+$string['GMD'] = 'Gambian Dalasi';
+$string['GNF'] = 'Guinea Franc';
+$string['GRD'] = 'Greek Drachma';
+$string['GTQ'] = 'Guatemalan Quetzal';
+$string['GWP'] = 'Guinea-Bissau Peso';
+$string['GYD'] = 'Guyanan Dollar';
+$string['HKD'] = 'Hong Kong Dollar';
+$string['HNL'] = 'Honduran Lempira';
+$string['HTG'] = 'Haitian Gourde';
+$string['HUF'] = 'Hungarian Forint';
+$string['IDR'] = 'Indonesian Rupiah';
+$string['IEP'] = 'Irish Punt';
+$string['ILS'] = 'Israeli Shekel';
+$string['INR'] = 'Indian Rupee';
+$string['IQD'] = 'Iraqi Dinar';
+$string['IRR'] = 'Iranian Rial';
+$string['ISK'] = 'Iceland Krona';
+$string['ITL'] = 'Italian Lira';
+$string['JMD'] = 'Jamaican Dollar';
+$string['JOD'] = 'Jordanian Dinar';
+$string['JPY'] = 'Japanese Yen';
+$string['KES'] = 'Kenyan Schilling';
+$string['KHR'] = 'Kampuchean (Cambodian) Riel';
+$string['KMF'] = 'Comoros Franc';
+$string['KPW'] = 'North Korean Won';
+$string['KRW'] = 'South Korean Won';
+$string['KWD'] = 'Kuwaiti Dinar';
+$string['KYD'] = 'Cayman Islands Dollar';
+$string['LAK'] = 'Lao Kip';
+$string['LBP'] = 'Lebanese Pound';
+$string['LKR'] = 'Sri Lanka Rupee';
+$string['LRD'] = 'Liberian Dollar';
+$string['LSL'] = 'Lesotho Loti';
+$string['LUF'] = 'Luxembourg Franc';
+$string['LYD'] = 'Libyan Dinar';
+$string['MAD'] = 'Moroccan Dirham';
+$string['MGF'] = 'Malagasy Franc';
+$string['MNT'] = 'Mongolian Tugrik';
+$string['MOP'] = 'Macau Pataca';
+$string['MRO'] = 'Mauritanian Ouguiya';
+$string['MTL'] = 'Maltese Lira';
+$string['MUR'] = 'Mauritius Rupee';
+$string['MVR'] = 'Maldive Rufiyaa';
+$string['MWK'] = 'Malawi Kwacha';
+$string['MXP'] = 'Mexican Peso';
+$string['MYR'] = 'Malaysian Ringgit';
+$string['MZM'] = 'Mozambique Metical';
+$string['NGN'] = 'Nigerian Naira';
+$string['NIC'] = 'Nicaraguan Cordoba';
+$string['NLG'] = 'Dutch Guilder';
+$string['NOK'] = 'Norwegian Kroner';
+$string['NPR'] = 'Nepalese Rupee';
+$string['NZD'] = 'New Zealand Dollar';
+$string['OMR'] = 'Omani Rial';
+$string['PAB'] = 'Panamanian Balboa';
+$string['PEI'] = 'Peruvian Inti';
+$string['PGK'] = 'Papua New Guinea Kina';
+$string['PHP'] = 'Philippine Peso';
+$string['PKR'] = 'Pakistan Rupee';
+$string['PLZ'] = 'Polish Zloty';
+$string['PTE'] = 'Portuguese Escudo';
+$string['PYG'] = 'Paraguay Guarani';
+$string['QAR'] = 'Qatari Rial';
+$string['ROL'] = 'Romanian Leu';
+$string['RWF'] = 'Rwanda Franc';
+$string['SAR'] = 'Saudi Arabian Riyal';
+$string['SBD'] = 'Solomon Islands Dollar';
+$string['SCR'] = 'Seychelles Rupee';
+$string['SDP'] = 'Sudanese Pound';
+$string['SEK'] = 'Swedish Krona';
+$string['SGD'] = 'Singapore Dollar';
+$string['SHP'] = 'St. Helena Pound';
+$string['SLL'] = 'Sierra Leone Leone';
+$string['SOS'] = 'Somali Schilling';
+$string['SRG'] = 'Suriname Guilder';
+$string['STD'] = 'Sao Tome and Principe Dobra';
+$string['SUR'] = 'USSR Rouble';
+$string['SVC'] = 'El Salvador Colon';
+$string['SYP'] = 'Syrian Potmd';
+$string['SZL'] = 'Swaziland Lilangeni';
+$string['THB'] = 'Thai Bhat';
+$string['TND'] = 'Tunisian Dinar';
+$string['TOP'] = 'Tongan Pa\'anga';
+$string['TPE'] = 'East Timor Escudo';
+$string['TTD'] = 'Trinidad and Tobago Dollar';
+$string['TWD'] = 'Taiwan Dollar';
+$string['TZS'] = 'Tanzanian Schilling';
+$string['UGS'] = 'Uganda Shilling';
+$string['USD'] = 'US Dollar';
+$string['UYP'] = 'Uruguayan Peso';
+$string['VEB'] = 'Venezualan Bolivar';
+$string['VND'] = 'Vietnamese Dong';
+$string['VUV'] = 'Vanuatu Vatu';
+$string['WST'] = 'Samoan Tala';
+$string['YDD'] = 'Democratic Yemeni Dinar';
+$string['YER'] = 'Yemeni Rial';
+$string['YTL'] = 'Yeni Turk Lirasi';
+$string['YUD'] = 'New Yugoslavia Dinar';
+$string['ZAR'] = 'South African Rand';
+$string['ZMK'] = 'Zambian Kwacha';
+$string['ZRZ'] = 'Zaire Zaire';
+$string['ZWD'] = 'Zimbabwe Dollar';
+
+?>