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The Default Currency field is populated with the accounting currency that was selected on the Administration > Settings > Money form. If needed, you can select another currency as the currency of cash account. If the required currency is not in the list, add it to the list of available currencies. For details, refer to Currencies.
The Cash Account (create) form
For each cash account, a default GL account to which all cash transactions related to the cash account will be posted is assigned automatically.
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