For Chile, India and South Africa, the RMB is the dominant reference currency.

FORBES: China Taking Asia Further From Dollar, Even Further From Euro

According to the report, since mid-2010, the RMB has made dramatic strides as a reference currency compared with the dollar and euro.

FORBES: China Taking Asia Further From Dollar, Even Further From Euro

The term Terra in fact derives from Trade Reference Currency.

FORBES: Rethinking Money: The Rise Of Hayek's Private Competing Currencies

Currency traders in Eastern Europe use the euro as their main reference currency, and will typically choose their trades based on what the European currency is doing relative to the dollar.

FORBES: Poland's Rate Dilemma

Now, officials at the Swiss National Bank are considering what currency or basket of currencies would replace the euro as its reference point for the currency ceiling, according to a person familiar with the situation.

WSJ: Banks Prep for Life After Euro

The yuan hit a high against the U.S. dollar under the current system Monday, after the central bank guided the currency to its strongest level via a reference exchange rate.

WSJ: U.K. Banks Sell $245 Million Dim Sum Bonds in Singapore

Euribor was set up by the European Banking Federation in 1999 to establish a new interbank reference rate within what is now the 17-country currency union.

WSJ: Third Bank Exits Euribor Panel

That was a reference to a 1985 accord where Japan agreed to let its yen currency appreciate against the dollar.

BBC: China official rebuffs Geithner over yuan

Nationalists say that, regardless of comments now, it would be very much in the interests of rUK (rest of the UK) to maintain a stable currency zone, including Scotland - not least because Scotland could use the pound unilaterally, without reference to London.

BBC: Malachi Malagrowther and the Scottish banknote