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This converter provides a stripped down and raw currency conversion tool. Actually there are 2 – the “Basic Rates” model and the “Expanded Rates” version. This review focuses on the basic rates model as it is the one the majority of people will likely use.
The converter is relatively uncluttered. Frequently they appear on pages that have all kinds of distracting advertising on them, but not this one. The page layout is incredibly simple: two input boxes at the top and then a list of 17 different currencies and their country, or region.
As with most converters the best way to describe how the whole thing works is probably with an example.
If you wanted to convert €2000 Euro to Brazilian Real you would start by going to the top-most drop-down box, called Base Currency. Within this box there are 17 different currencies to choose from. The Same 17 currencies represented in the table below. Each appears with their country name (with the exception of the Euro). None of them appear with their 3 letter country code in this drop down box.
For our example this is where we would choose Euro, as it is the base currency.
Immediately below the Base Currency box is a box called “Exchange Amount”. This is where you input the volume of base currency that you wish to convert. It is better to omit both currency symbols, such as € in our case, and delimiters like, comas or periods, to denote thousands.
So for our example it is best not to input 2000 Euro like this '€2000', or this '2,000'. Enter the figure as a straight 2000 only.
Click on the button to the right labelled Convert. This will perform the exchange.
The page reloads and the currency table below the input fields has been filled with results for each of the 17 currencies listed.
The table consists of 6 columns. The first 3 columns are taken up by the country's flag; the country or region's name, and the currency name. The 4th column is the ISO 3 letter currency code. The 5th column contains all the exchange rates for all the listed currencies in the table when compared to the currency selected in the Base Currency box. The default base currency is US dollars.
In our example the exchange rates will all be the various country's currencies versus the Euro expressed as how many Euro 1 unit of local currency will buy.
All the exchange rates are supplied by the Bank of Montreal.
The final column is the converted amount in each local currency. In our example you can see how much €2000 is worth in KHD by looking up the Hong Kong flag and then reading that row all the way to the right to get the converted answer.
The expanded version of this currency converter is exactly the same thing. The only difference being that there is a selection of 51 currencies in both the drop-down box and in the table instead of just 17.
All in all this is a no frills currency converter and if you have to convert from one source to many sources relatively fast this is not a bad way to do it.
Rating (out of 5 stars):
- 3 Stars
Link: http://icurrency.net/passport/currency/currency.html