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CURRENCIE · USD

United States dollar

The currency of the United States and the world's primary reserve currency.

$
ISOUSD
Symbol$
Statuscurrent
Start1792
Minor unitcent

History

Established by the Coinage Act of 1792 under a bimetallic silver-gold standard, through the single gold standard and the Bretton Woods system, becoming a freely floating fiat currency since 1973.

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