Dollar

This article is about the name used for currencies. For the currency used in the United States of America, see United States dollar. For other uses, see Dollar (disambiguation).
"1 buck" redirects here. For the film, see 1 Buck.
  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).

Dollar is the name of more than 25 currencies. The United States dollar, named after the international currency known as the Spanish dollar, was established in 1792 and is the first so named that still survives. Others include the Australian dollar, Brunei dollar, Canadian dollar, Eastern Caribbean dollar, Hong Kong dollar, Jamaican dollar, Liberian dollar, Namibian dollar, New Taiwan dollar, New Zealand dollar, Singapore dollar, Trinidad and Tobago Dollar and several others. The symbol for most of those currencies is the dollar sign $ in the same way as many countries using peso currencies. The name "dollar" originates from Bohemia and a 29 g silver-coin called the Joachimsthaler.