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Featured article: August 20, 2006

Cynna Kydd is an Australian netball player. She is currently goal shooter for the Melbourne Phoenix in the Commonwealth Bank Trophy, after a controversial defection from local rivals the Melbourne Kestrels in early 2006. Kydd had previously played for the Kestrels since 2000, and was the Kestrels captain from 2005 until her transfer. An often accurate and high-scoring shooter, Kydd was voted as the Commonwealth Bank Trophy's Most Valuable Player in 2004, and was a frequent member of the Australian national netball team from 2003 to 2005, but injury and a downturn in form saw her dropped from the national side in early 2005. Although she took some time to settle in at the Phoenix after her shock departure from the Kestrels, she subsequently recovered to have a successful season, and remains in contention to re-enter the national team in 2007. (more...)

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Picture 47 of the Ambrosian Iliad, a 5th century illuminated manuscript of Homer's Iliad, and one of only three illustrated manuscripts of classical literature to survive from antiquity. This miniature depicts Achilles sacrificing to Zeus.

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Featured list: List of circulating currencies

A currency is a unit of exchange and hence a kind of money and medium of exchange. Currency includes paper or polymer banknotes and metal coins. Countries generally have a monopoly on the issuing of currency, although some countries share currencies with other countries. Today, currencies are the dominant means of exchange. Different countries may use the same term to refer to their respective currencies, even though the currencies may have little else to do with each other. A place that is technically part of another country sometimes uses a different currency from that of the parent country.

This list contains the 182 current official or de facto currencies of the 193 United Nations member states, one UN observer state, nine partially recognized states, one unrecognized state, and 35 dependencies. Only dependencies and unrecognized countries that use a currency other than that of the sovereign state that administers them or has de jure jurisdiction over them are listed here. Currencies used in places of extraterritoriality like the United Nations or the Sovereign Military Order of Malta and scrips used by private entities are not under the purview of this list.

List of circulating currencies by country

Country or territory^[1]	Currency^[2]	Sign^[3]	ISO code^[2]	Fractional unit	Number to basic
Abkhazia	None	None	None	Apsar^[A]	None
Russian ruble	р.	RUB	Kopek	100
Afghanistan	Afghan afghani	؋	AFN	Pul	100
Akrotiri and Dhekelia	Euro	€	EUR	Cent	100
Albania	Albanian lek	L	ALL	Qindarkë	100
Alderney	Alderney pound^[A]	£	None	Penny	100
British pound^[C]	£	GBP	Penny	100
Guernsey pound	£	None	Penny	100

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