United States dollar
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Summary
United States dollar is a currency[1]. It ranks in the top 0.17% of currency entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (43,796 views/month, #1 of 601).[2]
Key Facts
- Country: United States[3]
- Instance of: dollar[4], reserve currency[5]
- Commons category: Money of the United States[6], United States dollar[7]
- Currency sign: dollar sign[8]
- Central bank/issuer: Federal Reserve System[9]
- Start time: 1792[10]
- Topic's main category: Category:United States dollar[11]
- Commons gallery: United States dollar[12]
- Applies to jurisdiction: United States[13]
- Replaces: Ecuadorian sucre[14], Delaware pound[15], New Hampshire pound[16], New Jersey pound[17], South Carolina pound[18], Rhode Island pound[19], North Carolina pound[20]
- Inscription: Novus ordo seclorum[21], In God We Trust[22], E pluribus unum[23]
- Short name: US dollar[24], 米ドル[25], USD[26], USA-dollar[27], dolar[28], щ.д.[29], dollar[30], 美元[31], US$[32], доллар[33], Mỹ kim[34], Mĩ kim[35], đô la Mỹ[36], đô la Mĩ[37]
- Different from: dollar sign[38]
- Price: 0.888375605 euro[39], 0.918273646 euro[40], 0.826377985 euro[41], 0.725742071 euro[42], 0.7583801 euro[43], 0.771010023130301 euro[44], 0.753636295123973 euro[45], 0.697739324588334 euro[46], 0.71844241684029 euro[47], 0.684790796411696 euro[48], 0.757747973024172 euro[49], 0.844451950684006 euro[50], 1.79 Caribbean guilder[51], 3.75 Saudi riyal[52]
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Brands and Namesakes
Things named for United States dollar include Family Dollar[53], a business[54], in United States[55], founded in 1959[56]; dedollarization[57], a process[58]; dollarization[59]; and MVDOL[60], an unit of account[61], in Bolivia[62].
Why It Matters
United States dollar has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[63] It is known by 136 alternative names across languages and contexts.[64]
Entities named for it include Family Dollar[53], a business[54], in United States[55], founded in 1959[56]; dedollarization[57], a process[58]; dollarization[59]; and MVDOL[60], an unit of account[61], in Bolivia[62].