Dollar
A dollar is a type of currency. Many countries have named their money the dollar, so it is important to say which dollar is being talked about. The symbol for the dollar is a capital letter S, pierced by one or two vertical lines ($).
History
The dollar is named after the thaler. The thaler was a large silver coin first made in the year 1518. The thaler named after the Joachimsthal (Joachim's valley) mine in Bohemia (Thal means valley in German). The later Spanish Peso was the same size and was often called "Spanish dollar" and the similar coin of the Dutch Republic was called “lion dollar”. In the 18th century it became a world currency. Many national currencies were originally Spanish dollars including the ones now called dollar or peso and the Japanese yen and Chinese Renminbi.
List of dollars
- Australian dollar
- Bahamian dollar
- Barbadian dollar
- Belize dollar
- Brunei dollar
- Canadian dollar
- East Caribbean dollar
- Hong Kong dollar
- Jamaican dollar
- Namibian dollar
- New Zealand dollar
- New Taiwan dollar
- Singapore dollar
- United States dollar
- Zimbabwean dollar
Dollar Media
Countries that use the US dollar* Countries or territories that use a non-US currency named dollar* Countries that formerly used a dollar currency
The Joachimsthaler of the Kingdom of Bohemia was the first thaler (dollar).
One Sarawak dollar from 1935, featuring Charles Vyner Brooke, the 3rd and last White Rajah of Sarawak
The Spanish dollar, natively called Peso, was the main coin of the Spanish Empire, this coin is from 1739.
A special agro-cheque for 100 billion dollars, during the hyperinflation in Zimbabwe
