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The United States dollar (symbol: $; currency code: USD; also abbreviated US$ to distinguish it from other dollar-denominated currencies; referred to as the dollar, U.S. dollar, American dollar, or colloquially buck) is the official currency of the United States and several other countries.
Alternatively the slash may be omitted, or replaced by either a dot or a dash. A widely traded currency pair is the relation of the euro against the US dollar, designated as EUR/USD. The quotation EUR/USD 1.2500 means that one euro is exchanged for 1.2500 US dollars. Here, EUR is the base currency and USD is the quote currency (counter currency).
A stack of 100 United States $2 bills, secured with a green banknote strap indicating the denomination and total amount in the stack. Two stacks of 100 20 euro notes and one stack of 100 50 euro notes delivered to a bureau de change by G4S.
Forbes listed 1,645 dollar billionaires in 2014, with an aggregate net worth of $6.4 trillion, an increase from $5.4 trillion the previous year (see US-dollar billionaires in the world). [ 14 ] According to a report by Hurun, a market research firm based in China, the global billionaire population stood at 3,381 in 2022. [ 15 ]
In 2017, a commemorative 5 Rand coin was struck to commemorate the Order of the Companions of O.R. Tambo. In 2018, a commemorative 5 Rand coin was struck to commemorate Nelson Mandela's Birth Centenary. As of 2022, no standard issue circulation currency has been issued since 2019. The coins issued in 2019 were the 5 Rand, 50 cent and 10 cent ...
The market convention is to quote most exchange rates against the USD with the US dollar as the base currency (e.g. USDJPY, USDCAD, USDCHF). The exceptions are the British pound (GBP), Australian dollar (AUD), the New Zealand dollar (NZD) and the euro (EUR) where the USD is the counter currency (e.g. GBPUSD, AUDUSD, NZDUSD, EURUSD). [citation ...
Each currency typically has a main currency unit (the dollar, for example, or the euro) and a fractional unit, often defined as 1 ⁄ 100 of the main unit: 100 cents = 1 dollar, 100 centimes = 1 franc, 100 pence = 1 pound, although units of 1 ⁄ 10 or 1 ⁄ 1000 occasionally also occur.