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United States dollar: research record

Evidence coverage: 1784–2019. This is the span of collected observations, not the currency’s lifetime.

This record includes associated currencies and earlier interpretations. The article selects the evidence relevant to its own history.

ED-USD-CURRENT · Editorial evidence supplement

United States money is expressed in dollars; each dollar is divided into 100 cents.

United States Code, Government Publishing Office · 31 U.S.C. § 5101 — Decimal system · 2025 edition

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Currency continuity

United States dollar

USD · Research draft
One scoped currency identity. Changes to subdivisions, scale, standard, instruments or issuers do not by themselves create children. A distinct account unit can remain a successor.
Current currency in the inherited endpoint register.
Dated observations: 1784–2019; this does not establish the entire lifetime.

Parents / predecessors

Spanish real / peso de a ochoaccount unit branching · 1784–1792
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Ecuadorian sucreabsorbed into existing currency · 2000 · later absorption or contribution
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Children / successors

Dominican pesoaccount unit replacement · 1948
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Zimbabwe dollar — restored 2019 currencystatutory unit replacement · 2019
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Liberian dollaraccount unit branching · qualified · 1839–1843
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Confederate dollaraccount unit branching · qualified · 1861–1864
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Siblings

Unit and issue records 1 records

Evidence within this identity, not separate currencies.

Earlier accounting observation · C1199

Adopted as a monetary basis by

◇ Guatemalan quetzalunit adoption

Guatemala deliberately defined the quetzal equal to one US dollar and chose sixty pesos per quetzal using prior dollar exchange values.

1924–1925 · unit adoption event

1 GTQ = 1 USD at reform; 60 local pesos = 1 GTQ.

Monetary reform with implemented local peso conversion and subsequent quetzal issue.

Dollar value was explicitly selected; this is more than matching metal content. No ongoing peg or transfer of US debts is inferred.

Unit adoption is a historical event; no continuing peg is inferred. Excluded from ancestry, sibling relationships and depth.

Evidence and relationship details Register entry →
◇ Hong Kong dollarexchange rate anchor

Hong Kong fixed its dollar to USD in July 1972, changed the parity in February 1973, and ended the commitment when it floated in November 1974.

6 July 1972 – 26 November 1974

5.65 HKD per USD initially; 5.085 from 14 February 1973.

Government undertaking to maintain the specified exchange rate.

  • 1973-02-14 — 5.085 HKD per USD.

Separate from the 1983 currency-board episode. No dollar anchor is drawn across the floating interval.

The recorded episode ends at the stated boundary. Excluded from ancestry, sibling relationships and depth.

Evidence and relationship details Register entry →
◇ Hong Kong dollarexchange rate anchor

Hong Kong restored a USD link through its currency-board system in 1983; the inspected later description specifies a 7.75–7.85 exchange band.

17 October 1983; confirmed in the 2024 description

1983 linked rate: 7.80 HKD per USD; later observed band: 7.75–7.85.

Currency-board note-issue mechanism and operational exchange band.

  • 2024-06-27 — 7.75–7.85 HKD per USD band in the inspected description. (observation, not introduction date)

End not established in this review. The later band is not backdated to 1983.

No ending established here; this is not a claim of current operation. Excluded from ancestry, sibling relationships and depth.

Evidence and relationship details Register entry →
◇ British Caribbean / East Caribbean dollarexchange rate anchor

The East Caribbean dollar switched its anchor to USD on 7 July 1976; the ECCB confirmed the unchanged parity in 2021.

7 July 1976; confirmed through July 2021

2.70 XCD per USD.

Fixed-rate monetary policy supported by pooled foreign reserves and the Council’s parity authority.

No new account identity; present status is not inferred from a 2021 release.

No ending established here; this is not a claim of current operation. Excluded from ancestry, sibling relationships and depth.

Evidence and relationship details Register entry →
◇ Bermudian dollarexchange rate anchor

Bermuda fixed its dollar at USD parity on 31 July 1972 under amended authority to define its external value beyond sterling.

31 July 1972 introduction; ending unreviewed

1 BMD per USD.

Amended BMA statutory parity authority and implemented exchange-rate fixing.

Distinct from the February 1970 dollar introduction. No continuous-operation or current-status claim is added.

No ending established here; this is not a claim of current operation. Excluded from ancestry, sibling relationships and depth.

Evidence and relationship details Register entry →

Standards and other context

standard alignment

Law84of28June1904 establishesbalboa; USDgoldlegal equivalence issharedstandard/legal tender, not evidenceofUSDaccountunit succession.

C995, C1604
standard alignment

USDparity doesnotestablish córdobaancestry; primary1913law converts localpeso contracts,statutes,feesandfines to córdobas.

C998, C1605
standard alignment

The 1903 Philippine reform defined a gold peso and made US gold dollars tender at two pesos per dollar. The date is enactment; commencement depended on the stipulated coin supply. Spanish and Mexican predecessors are additional inputs, not erased by the new standard.

C996, C1613

Instruments, coinage & context

Supporting material, not parents or children.

Continental paper dollaraccount unit · profile context

Latest research

Earlier unit continuity

Jefferson recorded the dollar’s established use in US public debts and requisitions before the federal mint statute.

Sources and qualifications →
Modern account-unit review

Law1528 expressly transforms existing USD obligations andbankdeposits intoDominicanpesos inphase2 beginning1February1948, while preserving1937subsidiarycoins. Direct accountconversion resolves earlier note-onlylimitation. Legalnewunit enacted1947; operativegeneralaccounttransition1948.

Sources and qualifications →
Modern account-unit review

QuetzalUSDfoundingrelation isgoldstandardparity; actuallocalpredecessor wasGuatemalanpeso, exchanged60:1. ExcludeUSDparity fromancestrypaths; addexistingpeso→quetzal replacement.

Sources and qualifications →
Modern account-unit review

Law84of28June1904 establishesbalboa; USDgoldlegal equivalence issharedstandard/legal tender, not evidenceofUSDaccountunit succession. Correctlawdate; Colombianlimitedcoinredemption doesnot establishgeneralaccountconversion.

Sources and qualifications →
Modern account-unit review

USDparity doesnotestablish córdobaancestry; primary1913law converts localpeso contracts,statutes,feesandfines to córdobas. Replaceancestrypath by documentedexistingpeso parent; retainUSDstandard ascontext.

Sources and qualifications →
Modern account-unit review

The 1903 Philippine reform defined a gold peso and made US gold dollars tender at two pesos per dollar. The date is enactment; commencement depended on the stipulated coin supply. Spanish and Mexican predecessors are additional inputs, not erased by the new standard. The1903 US-dollar statutory ratio is monetary-standard/legal-tender influence. It is not in itself conversion of prior USD account obligations into a new Philippine unit. Keep optional standard-adoption context, excluded from ancestry.

Sources and qualifications →
Earlier account evidence

Federal statute requires dollar-denominated public accounts and court proceedings and defines its dollar with reference to the existing Spanish milled dollar.

Sources and qualifications →
Modern account-unit review

The federal dollar formalized Spanish-dollar reckoning already used for public debts and requisitions, culminating in mandatory federal dollar accounts. This is an account-unit branch, not merely a borrowed coin standard. Combined contemporary account usage and enacted federal denomination remove the earlier coin-standard-only concern. Provincial pounds are additional local inputs requiring individual conversion histories, not a reason to qualify this specific Spanish-dollar branch.

Sources and qualifications →

Account-unit observations

Dated evidence, not exact birth or extinction dates.

1792supported

Federal statute requires dollar-denominated public accounts and court proceedings and defines its dollar with reference to the existing Spanish milled dollar.

C1777
Monetary history 12 events

Includes dated issues, standards, subdivisions and institutional changes. Each event retains the source's date qualifications.

1792Authorization

The 1792 Act defines the dollar by the current Spanish milled dollar and specifies 371¼ grains fine silver, 416 grains gross.

C142
1794Mintage

The U.S. Mint dates the first U.S. silver-dollar coinage to 1794.

C144
1834Gold eagle’s fine-gold content reduced

The 1834 Act reduces the gold eagle to 232 grains fine gold; the 1837 Act specifies 258 grains at .900 fineness.

C148
1837Silver dollar’s weight and fineness specified

The 1837 Act gives the silver dollar a gross weight of 412½ grains at .900 fineness, retaining 371¼ fine grains.

C149
1878Silver-dollar coinage restored; certificates authorized

The 1878 Act restores coinage of the 412½-grain standard silver dollar and authorizes certificates against deposited coins.

C155
1900Gold dollar defined in law

The 1900 Act defines the gold dollar as 25.8 grains at .900 fineness.

C156
1933Gold arrangements suspended

Federal Reserve History distinguishes the 1933 suspension of gold arrangements from the 1934 restructuring and revaluation.

C158
1934Gold restructuring and revaluation

Federal Reserve History distinguishes the 1933 suspension of gold arrangements from the 1934 restructuring and revaluation.

C158
1971Official gold conversion suspended

The Bretton Woods account distinguishes the $35 official gold link, its 1971 suspension for foreign official holders, and generalized floating in 1973.

C159
1973Transition to generalized floating

The Bretton Woods account distinguishes the $35 official gold link, its 1971 suspension for foreign official holders, and generalized floating in 1973.

C159
1945Peg

Early CFP dollar parity. Exchange anchor, not US-dollar ancestry.

C747
1949Peg

Initial Djibouti dollar anchor. This exchange anchor is not a predecessor-currency conversion.

C777
Evidence & research notes 52 claims

Dated observations, not a proven complete lifespan.

Supported C133

Berlin gives 1519 for Joachimsthal Guldengroschen; the CNB brochure gives 1520 and links Joachimsthaler, thaler and American dollar names.

Münzkabinett, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin · Sigismund: Guldiner, Hall, 1486; object 18204700 Citation S62 · Open source ↗

Berlin glossary; CNB PDF p. 5

Source access and limitations

1486 is the dated type; actual striking could be later.

Glossary gives 1519 for Joachimsthal, unlike CNB 1520.

Czech National Bank · People and Money exhibition brochure Citation S64 · Open source ↗

Berlin glossary; CNB PDF p. 5

Source access and limitations

Gives 1520; onset discrepancy with Berlin remains open.

Supported C142

The 1792 Act defines the dollar by the current Spanish milled dollar and specifies 371¼ grains fine silver, 416 grains gross.

United States Congress; GovInfo facsimile · Coinage Act, 2 April 1792, 1 Stat. 246 Citation S70 · Open source ↗

Section 9, p. 248

Source access and limitations

Statutory fine/gross weights, not market prices.

Facsimile pages visually inspected.

Supported C143

The 1792 Act sets the relative value of pure silver to pure gold at fifteen to one and establishes decimal public accounting.

United States Congress; GovInfo facsimile · Coinage Act, 2 April 1792, 1 Stat. 246 Citation S70 · Open source ↗

Sections 11 and 20

Source access and limitations

Statutory fine/gross weights, not market prices.

Facsimile pages visually inspected.

Supported C144

The U.S. Mint dates the first U.S. silver-dollar coinage to 1794.

United States Mint · Dollar Coins Citation S71 · Open source ↗

First dollar paragraph

Source access and limitations

Historical evidence only; current legal status and every intervening amendment are not inferred.

Supported C148

The 1834 Act reduces the gold eagle to 232 grains fine gold; the 1837 Act specifies 258 grains at .900 fineness.

United States government compilation; FRASER · Laws of the United States Relating to the Coinage, 1792–1903 Citation S75 · Open source ↗

28 June 1834 and 18 January 1837 acts

Source access and limitations

OCR checked against statutory structure; preserve fine/gross weight and instrument-specific legal-tender distinctions.

Supported C149

The 1837 Act gives the silver dollar a gross weight of 412½ grains at .900 fineness, retaining 371¼ fine grains.

United States government compilation; FRASER · Laws of the United States Relating to the Coinage, 1792–1903 Citation S75 · Open source ↗

18 January 1837, sections 8–9

Source access and limitations

OCR checked against statutory structure; preserve fine/gross weight and instrument-specific legal-tender distinctions.

Supported C150

The 1857 Act ends the legal-tender status of foreign gold and silver coins under prior acts.

United States government compilation; FRASER · Laws of the United States Relating to the Coinage, 1792–1903 Citation S75 · Open source ↗

21 February 1857, section 3

Source access and limitations

OCR checked against statutory structure; preserve fine/gross weight and instrument-specific legal-tender distinctions.

Supported C151

The 1862 Legal Tender Act authorizes U.S. notes, with exceptions including import duties and interest on public debt.

U.S. Capitol Visitor Center · H.R. 240, Legal Tender Act, 25 February 1862 Citation S76 · Open source ↗

Artifact description

Source access and limitations

Exceptions to legal tender are material; no claim this created the dollar unit.

Supported C152

The 1863–1864 National Banking Acts establish national bank charters and bond-backed notes; a later tax discourages state-bank notes.

Federal Reserve History · National Banking Acts of 1863 and 1864 Citation S77 · Open source ↗

Acts and 1865 tax sections

Source access and limitations

Historical evidence only; current legal status and every intervening amendment are not inferred.

Supported C153

The 1873 Act specifies a 420-grain trade dollar at .900 fineness and initially limits its legal-tender use to five dollars per payment.

United States government compilation; FRASER · Laws of the United States Relating to the Coinage, 1792–1903 Citation S75 · Open source ↗

12 February 1873, sections 13, 15

Source access and limitations

OCR checked against statutory structure; preserve fine/gross weight and instrument-specific legal-tender distinctions.

Supported C155

The 1878 Act restores coinage of the 412½-grain standard silver dollar and authorizes certificates against deposited coins.

United States government compilation; FRASER · Laws of the United States Relating to the Coinage, 1792–1903 Citation S75 · Open source ↗

28 February 1878, sections 1, 3

Source access and limitations

OCR checked against statutory structure; preserve fine/gross weight and instrument-specific legal-tender distinctions.

Supported C156

The 1900 Act defines the gold dollar as 25.8 grains at .900 fineness.

United States government compilation; FRASER · Laws of the United States Relating to the Coinage, 1792–1903 Citation S75 · Open source ↗

14 March 1900, section 1

Source access and limitations

OCR checked against statutory structure; preserve fine/gross weight and instrument-specific legal-tender distinctions.

Supported C157

Federal Reserve History dates Federal Reserve notes to 1914 and describes their coexistence with other dollar-note families.

Federal Reserve History · Cash Services Citation S78 · Open source ↗

Historical section

Source access and limitations

Different dollar notes coexisted; not serial replacement of every currency.

Supported C158

Federal Reserve History distinguishes the 1933 suspension of gold arrangements from the 1934 restructuring and revaluation.

Federal Reserve History · Roosevelt’s Gold Program Citation S79 · Open source ↗

1933–1934 chronology

Source access and limitations

Historical evidence only; current legal status and every intervening amendment are not inferred.

Supported C159

The Bretton Woods account distinguishes the $35 official gold link, its 1971 suspension for foreign official holders, and generalized floating in 1973.

Federal Reserve History · Bretton Woods Launched Citation S80 · Open source ↗

Closing sections

Source access and limitations

Distinguish official foreign conversion from domestic public convertibility.

Supported C178

BSP dates the U.S.-approved Philippine coinage reform to 1903 with two Philippine pesos per U.S. dollar.

Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas · History of Philippine Money Citation S84 · Open source ↗

American Period

Source access and limitations

Generic barter-origin and prosperity claims not adopted.

No unsupported 1852 date inferred.

Supported C190

ECCB records EC$4.80 per pound before the July 1976 switch to EC$2.70 per U.S. dollar.

Eastern Caribbean Central Bank · Annual Report and Statement of Accounts 2014–2015 Citation S97 · Open source ↗

p. 145

Source access and limitations

Publisher-hosted report used; blocked main-site history and unrelated proxy copies not evidence.

Supported C195

Barbados fixed two local dollars per U.S. dollar on 5 July 1975.

Central Bank of Barbados · Fixed for Forty-One Years Citation S102 · Open source ↗

Historical peg paragraph

Source access and limitations

Historical evidence only; current legal status and every intervening amendment are not inferred.

Supported C198

BMA dates the Bermudian dollar’s U.S.-dollar parity to 31 July 1972.

Bermuda Monetary Authority · Bermuda Monetary Authority: Celebrating 50 Years Citation S103 · Open source ↗

1972 milestone

Source access and limitations

Historical evidence only; current legal status and every intervening amendment are not inferred.

Supported C203

The CBL working paper describes nineteenth-century local/U.S. coin coexistence, a 1913–1942 West African pound phase, and official USD adoption in 1943.

Mounir Siaplay, Jefferson S. N. Kambo and John M. Collins; Central Bank of Liberia · The Impact of Foreign Exchange Intervention on Liberian Dollar Money Supply (2006–2015), WP 01/2016 Citation S107 · Open source ↗

PDF p. 4

Source access and limitations

Attributed working-paper synthesis, not official legal opinion.

Its 1999 unification date conflicts with CBL press-release 2000; do not claim first-ever notes in 1989.

Supported C205

The IMF describes Zimbabwe’s local-currency collapse in late 2008 and official multicurrency arrangements in early 2009, including a rand reference.

International Monetary Fund, PIN 09/53 · IMF Executive Board concludes 2009 Article IV consultation with Zimbabwe Citation S109 · Open source ↗

Background

Source access and limitations

Publication concerns 2009 despite migrated URL date; not USD-only adoption.

Supported C207

BC records Ecuador’s January 2000 dollarization announcement at 25,000 sucres per USD and the March legal reform.

Banco Central del Ecuador · La economía ecuatoriana luego de 10 años de dolarización Citation S111 · Open source ↗

Printed p. 39 / PDF p. 40

Source access and limitations

Announcement, legislation and cash exchange completion are separate milestones.

Supported C208

Bundesbank dates U.S.-dollar legal tender in El Salvador to 1 January 2001.

Deutsche Bundesbank · Metadata on the Exchange Rate Statistics, 24 September 2025 Citation S98 · Open source ↗

PDF p. 78

Source access and limitations

Historical reference, not a 2026 legal-status audit.

Only selected country milestones used.

Supported C209

Bundesbank lists USD legal tender alongside Panama’s balboa context.

Deutsche Bundesbank · Metadata on the Exchange Rate Statistics, 24 September 2025 Citation S98 · Open source ↗

PDF p. 188

Source access and limitations

Historical reference, not a 2026 legal-status audit.

Only selected country milestones used.

Supported C390

Section 3 makes qualifying post-1-July-1834 US eagles weighing ten pennyweights eighteen grains tender for ten dollars, with proportional multiples and divisions.

New Brunswick Legislature; official printing reproduced by University of New Brunswick · An Act relating to the mode of Accounting and Currency, 23 Victoria, chapter 48 (1860) Citation S187 · Open source ↗

section 3, printed p.69; coin-specific tender, not all US instruments

Source access and limitations

Public-account requirement, coin tender and account equivalence have different scopes.

The act does not itself prove later merger or coin-withdrawal dates.

All nine sections inspected in original scan text and UNB transcription

University of New Brunswick transcription of 23 Victoria chapter 48 read in full, sections 1, 4, 8 and 9; public-account conversion, 4:1 ratio, continuity of the earlier Act and 1 November commencement confirmed.

Supported C747

Early CFP dollar parity. Exchange anchor, not US-dollar ancestry.

IEOM · IEOM — Annual report 2020, CFP history Citation S387 · Open source ↗

Named short source page; relevant history/definition passage as reported in the handoff.

Source access and limitations

Handoff acceptance is not a claim that every source was independently reread.

Supported C777

Initial Djibouti dollar anchor. This exchange anchor is not a predecessor-currency conversion.

Central Bank of Djibouti · Historique du Franc Djibouti Citation S253 · Open source ↗

Named short source page; relevant history/definition passage as reported in the handoff.

Supported C993

The new quetzal was defined as equal to one US dollar at its creation. Founding unit definition, not inference from a later exchange-rate peg.

Banco de Guatemala · Reseña histórica de la moneda de Guatemala Citation S471 · Open source ↗

Paragraphs on November 1924 reform, initial dollar equivalence and 60-peso conversion

Supported C994

National Dominican peso notes replaced circulating US dollars in the 1947 monetary reform. Earlier Dominican and foreign-currency inputs remain additional historical branches.

Banco Central de la República Dominicana · Memoria 1947 Citation S472 · Open source ↗

Opening monetary reform account: peso issue from 23 October 1947 and conversion of US currency

Supported C995

The new Panamanian gold peso, named balboa, used the contemporary US dollar weight and fineness at parity. A founding unit-standard relationship. The Colombian circulation it displaced remains a separate input.

Panamanian Legation / US Department of State · Aide-mémoire of 14 January 1935, FRUS document 889 Citation S473 · Open source ↗

Quotation of articles I–II of 20 June 1904 monetary agreement

Supported C996

The 1903 Philippine reform defined a gold peso and made US gold dollars tender at two pesos per dollar. The date is enactment; commencement depended on the stipulated coin supply. Spanish and Mexican predecessors are additional inputs, not erased by the new standard.

United States Congress · Act of 2 March 1903, chapter 980, 32 Stat. 952 Citation S474 · Open source ↗

Section 1, Philippine gold peso and two-peso/one-dollar standard; sections 3, 5 and 7 on earlier coinage

Supported C998

The first córdoba was established at the value of one US dollar.

Banco Central de Nicaragua · Los descubrimientos de Carmencita Citation S475 · Open source ↗

Account of the 20 March 1912 law establishing the córdoba equal to the US dollar

Qualified C1170

Liberia’s 1935 dollar definition matched the US dollar gold content; later law provided parity and interchangeability. This is an optional founding-standard reference, not demonstrated account-unit succession.

Joseph Gold; International Monetary Fund · Membership and Nonmembership in the International Monetary Fund — chapter 4: Membership and Currency Citation S345 · Open source ↗

Domestic Currency Not Main Circulating Medium, paragraphs1–6 and quotation of1956Code sec.1171

Source access and limitations

Statute summaries and regional 14 September 1967 withdrawal date are not substituted for the original territorial acts/notices.

Conflicts with the indexed Bank of Uganda timeline remain open.

Indexed printed pp.115–116 on national East African currencies and former-board exchange inspected; full chapter retrieval returned 403

Inference C1177

The federal dollar formalized a Spanish-dollar unit already used for public debt, requisitions and value reckoning, rather than borrowing only a coin weight. The regional account-unit association is qualified; provincial pound conversions remain unresolved.

Corrected interpretation: Revision 28 supplies a new evidence basis for R0035. Combined contemporary account usage and enacted federal denomination remove the earlier coin-standard-only concern. Provincial pounds are additional local inputs requiring individual conversion histories, not a reason to qualify this specific Spanish-dollar branch. Replacement evidence: C1795.

Thomas Jefferson; edited by Thomas Jefferson Randolph · On the Establishment of a Money Unit, and of a Coinage for the United States (1784), reproduced in Memoir, Correspondence and Miscellanies, vol. I (1829) Citation S582 · Open source ↗

Note F: opening Spanish-dollar proposal; paragraph beginning The Unit, or Dollar; paragraphs discussing public debt and requisitions; lines 2163–2244 in web extraction; Sections 9, 11, 20; pp. 248–249

Source access and limitations

Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.

United States Congress; GovInfo facsimile · Coinage Act, 2 April 1792, 1 Stat. 246 Citation S70 · Open source ↗

Note F: opening Spanish-dollar proposal; paragraph beginning The Unit, or Dollar; paragraphs discussing public debt and requisitions; lines 2163–2244 in web extraction; Sections 9, 11, 20; pp. 248–249

Source access and limitations

Statutory fine/gross weights, not market prices.

Facsimile pages visually inspected.

Inference C1199

Jefferson recorded the dollar’s established use in US public debts and requisitions before the federal mint statute.

Thomas Jefferson; edited by Thomas Jefferson Randolph · On the Establishment of a Money Unit, and of a Coinage for the United States (1784), reproduced in Memoir, Correspondence and Miscellanies, vol. I (1829) Citation S582 · Open source ↗

Note F: opening Spanish-dollar proposal; paragraph beginning The Unit, or Dollar; paragraphs discussing public debt and requisitions; lines 2163–2244 in web extraction

Source access and limitations

Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.

Qualified C1245

The 1839 Commonwealth constitution adopted United States monetary standards; local dollar obligations and currency redemption are documented by 1843. This supports an earlier optional founding-unit reference, while a distinct USD-to-Liberian account transition remains unestablished.

Commonwealth of Liberia; printed by Hilary Teage · Constitution and Laws of the Commonwealth of Liberia, Part First Citation S604 · Open source ↗

Constitution article 28 and certification dated 14 January 1839 (HTML lines 229–234); An Act for the establishment of Courts, sections 2–4 (lines 267–279); Militia act section 11 (lines 615–617); An Act establishing an Uniform Currency, sections 1–4, printed pp.34–35 (lines 620–626); Article V, section 1; HTML lines 108–111

Source access and limitations

Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.

Full HTML transcription inspected; constitutional certification and named statutory sections read.

OCR has evident errors, so section locators take precedence over transcription pagination.

Republic of Liberia · Constitution of the Republic of Liberia, 1847 Citation S605 · Open source ↗

Constitution article 28 and certification dated 14 January 1839 (HTML lines 229–234); An Act for the establishment of Courts, sections 2–4 (lines 267–279); Militia act section 11 (lines 615–617); An Act establishing an Uniform Currency, sections 1–4, printed pp.34–35 (lines 620–626); Article V, section 1; HTML lines 108–111

Source access and limitations

Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.

Supported C1256

United States dollar local Zimbabwe obligations and USD RTGS balances converted to RTGS dollar. Scope expressly excludes protected foreign-currency accounts and foreign loans/obligations. Treat as local account succession, not ancestry of all USD contracts everywhere.

Zimbabwe Statutory Instrument 33 of 2019 · Zimbabwe Statutory Instrument 33 of 2019, Gazette Extraordinary 22 February 2019 Citation S662 · Open source ↗

Printed pp.373–376, especially §3 inserting §44C(2) and §4(1)(a)–(f), §4(2)

Source access and limitations

Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.

Inference C1349

The1839adoption of US monetary standards, together with local dollar-denominated public obligations and redemption recorded by1843, supports a qualified regional USD-to-Liberian-dollar branch. Neither exclusive parentage nor universal redemption is asserted.

Commonwealth of Liberia; printed by Hilary Teage · Constitution and Laws of the Commonwealth of Liberia, Part First Citation S604 · Open source ↗

1839constitution art28;1843Uniform Currency Act and local payment clauses

Source access and limitations

Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.

Full HTML transcription inspected; constitutional certification and named statutory sections read.

OCR has evident errors, so section locators take precedence over transcription pagination.

Republic of Liberia · Constitution of the Republic of Liberia, 1847 Citation S605 · Open source ↗

1839constitution art28;1843Uniform Currency Act and local payment clauses

Source access and limitations

Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.

Supported C1429

Ecuador implemented replacement of sucres by US dollars at 25,000 sucres per dollar during 2000. This local adoption and conversion joins the existing USD; it does not make the sucre a founding parent of USD.

Banco Central del Ecuador · Informe del Directorio al Honorable Congreso Nacional, Apuntes de Economía 18, July 2001 Citation S718 · Open source ↗

II.A, printed6–7

Source access and limitations

Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.

Supported C1593

Law1528 expressly transforms existing USD obligations andbankdeposits intoDominicanpesos inphase2 beginning1February1948, while preserving1937subsidiarycoins.

Dominican Congress · Ley Monetaria 1528,9October 1947 Citation S727 · Open source ↗

PDFpp1,3,7–8: arts1–2,5,20(1)–(2); Appended decree, resolution paragraph4; Gaceta6749,11Feb1948

Source access and limitations

Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.

Official scanned original downloaded and full relevant OCR inspected.

Dominican President / Junta Monetaria · Decree4921,7February 1948, approving2February resolution Citation S728 · Open source ↗

PDFpp1,3,7–8: arts1–2,5,20(1)–(2); Appended decree, resolution paragraph4; Gaceta6749,11Feb1948

Source access and limitations

Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.

Primary legislative transcription fully inspected, later consolidated collection.

Supported C1603

QuetzalUSDfoundingrelation isgoldstandardparity; actuallocalpredecessor wasGuatemalanpeso, exchanged60:1.

Banco de Guatemala; José Rafael Vettorazzi Sagastume, editor/coordinator · Un Quetzal, una moneda, un siglo: Cien años de nuestra unidad monetaria Citation S733 · Open source ↗

Printedpp108,119/PDF112,123; discussion decrees879,1379 and1925lawchVIarts49–57

Source access and limitations

Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.

Supported C1604

Law84of28June1904 establishesbalboa; USDgoldlegal equivalence issharedstandard/legal tender, not evidenceofUSDaccountunit succession.

Panama National Convention · Ley84,28June 1904, sobre moneda Citation S734 · Open source ↗

PDFp2, GacetaOficial33,5July1904,rightcolumn arts1–6

Source access and limitations

Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.

Supported C1605

USDparity doesnotestablish córdobaancestry; primary1913law converts localpeso contracts,statutes,feesandfines to córdobas.

Nicaraguan legislature · Ley de reducción proporcional del peso a córdoba en contratos, negocios u obligaciones, 13 March 1913 Citation S726 · Open source ↗

Articles 1–2 and 4; La Gaceta103,8May1913

Source access and limitations

Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.

Supported C1613

The 1903 Philippine reform defined a gold peso and made US gold dollars tender at two pesos per dollar. The date is enactment; commencement depended on the stipulated coin supply. Spanish and Mexican predecessors are additional inputs, not erased by the new standard.

United States Congress · Act of 2 March 1903, chapter 980, 32 Stat. 952 Citation S474 · Open source ↗

Existing individual source inspection and revision27 ontology review; retained source evidence behind C996

Inference C1676

Confederate public obligations initially continued the U.S.dollar framework:1861statutes retained existing salary, fee and official-bond amounts. By1864, local contracts used a distinct Confederate dollar denomination recognized in Thorington. Taken together this supports a regional U.S.dollar branch, without identifying a single universal separation day.

Confederate Provisional Congress; James M. Matthews, editor · Statutes at Large of the Provisional Government, first session (1861), published 1864 Citation S791 · Open source ↗

1861Acts chaptersI–II, pp.27–28; Thorington75U.S.1, pp.11–14 and1864case facts

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Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.

Scanned official statutes, relevant substantive OCR inspected.

US Supreme Court · Thorington v. Smith, 75 U.S. (8 Wall.) 1 (1868) Citation S707 · Open source ↗

1861Acts chaptersI–II, pp.27–28; Thorington75U.S.1, pp.11–14 and1864case facts

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Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.

Supported C1777

Federal statute requires dollar-denominated public accounts and court proceedings and defines its dollar with reference to the existing Spanish milled dollar.

United States Congress; Statutes at Large, FRASER · Act of April 2, 1792, chapter XVI, establishing a mint and regulating the coins Citation S926 · Open source ↗

Sections9,20

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Supported C1795

The federal dollar formalized Spanish-dollar reckoning already used for public debts and requisitions, culminating in mandatory federal dollar accounts. This is an account-unit branch, not merely a borrowed coin standard.

Thomas Jefferson; edited by Thomas Jefferson Randolph · On the Establishment of a Money Unit, and of a Coinage for the United States (1784), reproduced in Memoir, Correspondence and Miscellanies, vol. I (1829) Citation S582 · Open source ↗

Jefferson NoteF III.2;1792sections9,20;5101historical notes

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Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.

United States Congress; Statutes at Large, FRASER · Act of April 2, 1792, chapter XVI, establishing a mint and regulating the coins Citation S926 · Open source ↗

Jefferson NoteF III.2;1792sections9,20;5101historical notes

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US Government Publishing Office · 31 USC 5101 historical and revision notes Citation S583 · Open source ↗

Jefferson NoteF III.2;1792sections9,20;5101historical notes

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Relevant body passage inspected Indexed passage inspected; full page not separately opened.

Supported C1960

Guatemala deliberately defined the quetzal equal to one US dollar and chose sixty pesos per quetzal using prior dollar exchange values.

Banco de Guatemala · Reseña histórica de la moneda de Guatemala Citation S471 · Open source ↗

Reform paragraphs, web lines 273–276

Supported C1962

Hong Kong fixed its dollar to USD in July 1972, changed the parity in February 1973, and ended the commitment when it floated in November 1974.

Hong Kong Government / Hong Kong Monetary Authority · Exchange Value of the Hong Kong Dollar, Appendix 18 Citation S1019 · Open source ↗

Part A, dated entries 18 December 1946 through 17 October 1983

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Cross-rates in the table do not create additional anchors. 1946 is a witnessed postwar regime, not its original founding.

Supported C1963

Hong Kong restored a USD link through its currency-board system in 1983; the inspected later description specifies a 7.75–7.85 exchange band.

Hong Kong Government / Hong Kong Monetary Authority · Exchange Value of the Hong Kong Dollar, Appendix 18 Citation S1019 · Open source ↗

Part A, dated entries 18 December 1946 through 17 October 1983

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Cross-rates in the table do not create additional anchors. 1946 is a witnessed postwar regime, not its original founding.

Hong Kong Monetary Authority · Linked Exchange Rate System Citation S54 · Open source ↗

Opening paragraph; page last revised 27 June 2024

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Current band is not retroactively imposed on 1983.

Supported C1965

The East Caribbean dollar switched its anchor to USD on 7 July 1976; the ECCB confirmed the unchanged parity in 2021.

Eastern Caribbean Central Bank · Your Finances, Your Future — July 2009 Citation S1021 · Open source ↗

Printed p.6; PDF index 5, The peg — 7 July 1976

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Institutional explanation quotes selected provisions; not a complete legal-text audit.

Eastern Caribbean Central Bank; release hosted by OECS · 2021 Marks 45 Years of EC Dollar Peg to US Dollar Citation S1022 · Open source ↗

13 July 2021 release, opening three paragraphs

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Confirms 2021 operation; no independent October 2026 status finding.

Supported C1966

Bermuda fixed its dollar at USD parity on 31 July 1972 under amended authority to define its external value beyond sterling.

Bermuda Monetary Authority · Bermuda Monetary Authority: Celebrating 50 Years — 20 February 2019 release Citation S202 · Open source ↗

Single-page PDF, Bermuda Monetary Authority Act 1969 section

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Same release family as S103, not independent corroboration.

By 30 June is a bound, not proof of the exact final tender day or redemption expiry.

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