I normally use the Google search box as the default currency converter but in situations where you don’t know the exact currency code or the official currency of some country, the all new currency converter from Yahoo! will come very handy.
There are two things which I really liked about Yahoo! Currency Converter – first, it doesn’t assume that you know the currency name of a country and second, it lets you find out the exchange rates for any previous date.
The tool is done in AJAX so the currency conversions happen as you type (see screencast). The converter can even recognize currency by the name of capital cities so you could just type Dubai to use the official currency of UAE in your conversion.
And if you are travelling, Yahoo! currency converter now provides cut-out guides to help you figure out the rough value of foreign currency notes in different denominations.
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Reader Comments
This is pretty neat. Yahoo! has done a lot of stuff wrong, but at least they got this right.
Written by Quikboy on 01.28.09
Wnder why the converter hasn’t been propagated to their other domains…Yahoo Finance India still has the old converter
Written by Cherian on 01.28.09
it would be best if they could provide which currency exchanger offer the best price among them
Written by muhaimin on 02.02.09