United States dollar · USD
$ symbol · 2 countries currently using this currency.
Currency info
Adopted: 1792
Currency family: Dollar
The U.S. dollar is the most widely traded currency in the world and is used in international trade across nearly every nation.
- Established by the Coinage Act of 1792 as the official currency of the United States
- The dollar symbol ($) derives from the Spanish peso, which circulated widely in early America
- Adopted by Marshall Islands in 1986 and Palau in 1994 as their official currencies
- Became the world's primary reserve currency following the Bretton Woods Conference in 1944
- The Federal Reserve System, created in 1913, manages monetary policy and currency circulation
Countries currently using this currency
Related
Other Dollar currencies
Historical predecessor
Spanish peso