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United States Dollar


The US Dollar bill is now in use.
For other uses of the Dollar, see Dollars (disambiguation).
US Dollar (Exchange: $; Code: USD; US $ abbreviated) is the official currency of the United States. The US dollar is also used extensively in the international world as a foreign exchange reserve exchange rate outside the US.

Issuance of US dollars is controlled by the Federal Reserve banking system. The most common symbol used for the US dollar is the dollar symbol ($). The ISO 4217 code for the US dollar is USD; the US dollar is also referred to as US $ by the International Monetary Fund.

The US is one of many countries that use currencies called dollars. Some other countries use the US dollar as their official currency, and many others allow it to be used in legal de facto capacity. Look at the dollar.

The word buck is commonly used by Americans to refer to a US dollar in daily conversation