Talk:Reserve currency

Number of reserve currencies/years in table

I'd like to trim the number of reserve currencies to the top 5, and also show data for the previous 15 years only. Including the Swiss Frnac, which has a minuscule holding, seems arbitrary. --User:WoodElf 07:16, 8 July 2016 (UTC)

Why would anybody want to do this; do the other reserve currencies not exist? However, the periods for the years 2001-2004 and 2006-2009 could certainly be dropped out. 182.239.152.216 (talk) 04:57, 17 December 2023 (UTC)

Reserve currency rankings: contradiction in article?

The Chinese yuan subsection says it "is the third reserve currency after the US dollar and Euro" whereas the "Global currency reserves" table says it's fifth (following the USD, euro, yen, and pound). Perhaps these sources are talking apples and oranges, but for a casual reader, this is not apparent. How to interpret this? And can someone make this clear in the article? Morgengave (talk) 22:29, 8 April 2021 (UTC)

@Morgengave: The problem was been there for some time but only became obvious when someone carelessly barged a section about Bitcoin into the SDR section, orphaning the [now correctly named] Renmimbi sub-section. I have added an extra sentence that I hope clarifies the point: would you check that it does the needful, please? --𝕁𝕄𝔽 (talk) 10:16, 14 April 2023 (UTC)

Yuan is a Reserve Currency

Why is the Yuan not written in as a Reserve currency in your information? 122.11.212.99 (talk) 09:39, 14 April 2023 (UTC)

Because the currency of China is the Renminbi, the Yuan is just its primary unit. (Like Sterling is the currency of the United Kingdom and the pound is its primary unit.) These are the only two examples I know of that have this distinction, so a very exclusive club!

The renminbi is listed at Reserve currency#Global currency reserves. --𝕁𝕄𝔽 (talk) 09:49, 14 April 2023 (UTC)

But the section about it was in the wrong place, I have moved it up to where it should have been. The section is very thin so if you can provide any additional material, citing a wp:reliable source, please do so – directly into the article or add it here for an experienced editor to integrate it --𝕁𝕄𝔽 (talk) 10:30, 14 April 2023 (UTC)

Map of Pegged Currencies

The map of pegged currencies is horribly out-of-date to the point of being wrong. For example, it makes no mention of CNY being in a floating peg versus a basket of international currencies (largely USD and EUR); and, there is no mention of the widespread use of USD in Argentina, Bolivia, Panama, El Salvador, Cambodia, and Zimbabwe. Should the map just be removed? Or, does it add value to this article such that it should be redone? Cumulant (talk) 22:23, 12 September 2023 (UTC)

If the map is out-of-date, it should be updated rather than removed. UlyssorZebra (talk) 17:16, 13 September 2023 (UTC)