United States dollar

Summary

United States dollar is a currency^[1]. It ranks in the top 0.17% of currency entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (28,135 views/month, #1 of 601).^[2]

Key Facts

• United States dollar is in the country of United States^[3].
• United States dollar's instance of is recorded as currency^[4].
• United States dollar's instance of is recorded as dollar^[5].
• United States dollar's instance of is recorded as reserve currency^[6].
• United States dollar's Commons category is recorded as Money of the United States^[7].
• United States dollar's Commons category is recorded as United States dollar^[8].
• United States dollar's currency sign is recorded as dollar sign^[9].
• United States dollar's central bank/issuer is recorded as Federal Reserve System^[10].
• United States dollar began on 1792^[11].
• United States dollar's topic's main category is recorded as Category:United States dollar^[12].
• United States dollar's Commons gallery is recorded as United States dollar^[13].
• United States dollar's applies to jurisdiction is recorded as United States^[14].
• United States dollar's replaces is recorded as Ecuadorian sucre^[15].
• United States dollar's replaces is recorded as Delaware pound^[16].
• United States dollar's replaces is recorded as New Hampshire pound^[17].
• United States dollar's replaces is recorded as New Jersey pound^[18].
• United States dollar's replaces is recorded as South Carolina pound^[19].
• United States dollar's replaces is recorded as Rhode Island pound^[20].
• United States dollar's replaces is recorded as North Carolina pound^[21].
• United States dollar's inscription is recorded as {'lang': 'la', 'text': 'Novus ordo seclorum'}^[22].
• United States dollar's inscription is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'In God We Trust'}^[23].
• United States dollar's inscription is recorded as {'lang': 'la', 'text': 'E pluribus unum'}^[24].
• United States dollar's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'US dollar'}^[25].
• United States dollar's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'ja', 'text': '米ドル'}^[26].
• United States dollar's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'nb', 'text': 'USD'}^[27].

Body

Identity

Short names include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'US dollar'}^[25], {'lang': 'ja', 'text': '米ドル'}^[26], {'lang': 'nb', 'text': 'USD'}^[27], {'lang': 'nn', 'text': 'USA-dollar'}^[28], {'lang': 'ro', 'text': 'dolar'}^[29], and {'lang': 'bg', 'text': 'щ.д.'}^[30].

Brands and Namesakes

Things named for United States dollar include Family Dollar^[31], a business^[32], in United States^[33], founded in 1959^[34]; dedollarization^[35], a process^[36]; dollarization^[37]; and MVDOL^[38], an unit of account^[39], in Bolivia^[40].

Why It Matters

United States dollar ranks in the top 0.17% of currency entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (28,135 views/month, #1 of 601).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[41] It is known by 109 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[42]

Entities named for it include Family Dollar^[31], a business^[32], in United States^[33], founded in 1959^[34]; dedollarization^[35], a process^[36]; dollarization^[37]; and MVDOL^[38], an unit of account^[39], in Bolivia^[40].