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United States Currency - Dollar
| Nr. | Sadaļas nosaukums | Lpp. |
| Introduction | 4 | |
| 1. | History of United States currency | 5 |
| The United States dollar | 7 | |
| Banknotes | 8 | |
| Dollar coins | 10 | |
| Conclusion | 11 | |
| Bibliography | 12 | |
| Appendices | 13 |
The American colonists used a variety of goods in place of money. These goods included beaver pelts, grain, musket balls, and nails. Some colonists, especially in the tobacco-growing colonies of Maryland and Virginia, circulated receipts for tobacco stored in warehouses.
The colonists also used any foreign coins they could get. In 1652, the Massachusetts Bay Colony became the first colony to make coins. It produced several kinds of silver coins, including a pine-tree shilling and an oak-tree shilling, which were stamped with a tree design. The colony dated all coins 1652, no matter when they were made, probably to get around the law.
Massachusetts also became the first colony to produce paper money. In 1690, the colonial government issued notes called bills of credit.
U.S. currency of the 1800’s and early 1900’s included silver coins, gold pieces, and various types of paper money. [2.]
The U.S. dollar was created and defined by the Coinage Act of 1792. The Coinage Act of 1792 set the value of an eagle at 10 dollars, and the dollar at 1/10th eagle.…
Currency is an exchange unit in order to promote the trade of goods and services. The American colonists used a variety of goods in place of money. These goods included beaver pelts, grain, musket balls, and nails. Some colonists, especially in the tobacco-growing colonies of Maryland and Virginia, circulated receipts for tobacco stored in warehouses. Dollar is the monetary unit of the United States, Canada, and many other countries. The dollars of the United States and Canada are paper bills or coins equal to 100cents. The U.S. dollar was modeled after a Spanish coin called the peso or piece of eight. The origin of the dollar sign ($) is unknown. The use of the dollar sign has become as widespread as the use of the currency it represents.
