History of Dollar

	Revision 11 . . December 15, 2001 5:56 pm by Bryan Derksen [the dollar symbol. Anyone know where the symbol's from, BTW?]
	Revision 10 . . December 15, 2001 2:51 pm by The Epopt [Argentina]
	Revision 9 . . (edit) December 15, 2001 2:16 pm by Egern
	Revision 8 . . December 15, 2001 2:07 pm by Egern [The US dollar is official currency in a few countries outside the US]
	Revision 7 . . December 15, 2001 11:10 am by (logged).109.250.xxx [add more places where dollar used, sort alphabetically]
	Revision 6 . . December 15, 2001 9:44 am by Hagedis
	Revision 5 . . December 15, 2001 8:18 am by Bryan Derksen [origin of the word]
	Revision 4 . . (edit) November 19, 2001 9:04 pm by Derek Ross [added a fact]
	Revision 3 . . (edit) May 17, 2001 9:01 pm by Pinkunicorn

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The dollar is the name of the official currency in several countries, dependencies and other regions, including Australia, Canada, the [East Caribbean]?, Liberia, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Singapore and the United States. The dollar was also in use in Scotland during the 17th century.

The dollar is the name of the official currency in several countries, dependencies and other regions, including Australia, Canada, the [East Caribbean]?, Liberia, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Singapore and the United States. The dollar was also in use in Scotland during the 17th century. It is represented by the symbol $, placed before the dollar amount.