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The United States dollar (symbol: $; currency code: USD; also abbreviated US$ to distinguish it from other dollar-denominated currencies; referred to as the dollar, U.S. dollar, American dollar, or colloquially buck) is the official currency of the United States and several other countries.
- International Use of The U.S. Dollar
The US dollar is an official currency in Zimbabwe, along...
- One-Dollar Bill
The United States one-dollar bill (US$1), sometimes referred...
- US$100 Bills
The United States one-hundred-dollar bill ($100) is a...
- Large Denominations
Overview and history. Large-denomination currency (i.e.,...
- Dollar Coin
A Morgan dollar coin. The dollar coin is a United States...
- Nickel
A nickel is a five-cent coin struck by the United States...
- Dollar Sign
The dollar sign, also known as peso sign, is a currency...
- Five Dollars
Mathew Brady's February 9, 1864, portrait of Lincoln is used...
- Half Cent
History. First authorized by the Coinage Act of 1792 on...
- International Use of The U.S. Dollar
References. Currency symbol. For the symbol representing a generic currency, see Currency sign (generic). For three-letter currency codes, see ISO 4217. Symbols of the four most widely held reserve currencies (dollar, euro, yen, pound) This article contains Unicode currency symbols.
The United States dollar ( symbol: $; currency code: USD; also abbreviated US$ to distinguish it from other dollar-denominated currencies; referred to as the dollar, U.S. dollar, American dollar, or colloquially buck) is the official currency of the United States and several other countries.
Dollar. The Joachimsthaler of the Kingdom of Bohemia was the first thaler (dollar). Dollar is the name of more than 25 currencies. The United States dollar, named after the international currency known as the Spanish dollar, was established in 1792 and is the first so named that still survives.
dollar sign, $, symbol that represents the dollar, the name of the standard monetary unit used in the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and a number of other countries and territories.
The first printed dollar sign was made on a Philadelphia printing press in the 1790s by Archibald Binny (Credit: Getty Images) The dollar’s baby sibling, the all-but-worthless cent, is logically ...
