The dollar is another name for the dollar and the legal tender of the United States. At present, the US dollar banknotes in circulation are all the banknotes issued since 1929. 1792 appeared after the passage of the American mint act. At present, the issuance of US dollars is controlled by the Federal Reserve system. Starting from 19 13, the United States established a federal reserve system and issued federal reserve bonds.

More than 99% of the banknotes in circulation are federal reserve notes. The competent department for issuing US dollars is Congress, and the Federal Reserve Bank is responsible for the specific issuance business. After World War II, the United States forced major European countries to agree that international monetary settlement must adopt the US dollar, so the US dollar was widely used as a reserve currency in countries outside the United States.

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The competent department for issuing US dollars is Congress, and the Federal Reserve Bank is responsible for the specific issuance business. After World War II, continental European countries reached an agreement with the United States to use US dollars for international payments. Since then, the dollar has been widely used as a reserve currency in countries outside the United States, and eventually became an international currency.

The main scene pattern on the front of the US dollar bill is a person's head, and the main color is black. The main landscape pattern on the back is architecture, and the main color is green, but there is little difference between different versions, such as the back of 1934 is dark green, the back of 1950 is grass green, and the back of 1963 is dark green. The signature above is the signature of the finance minister, and different release years are different finance ministers.

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