The History of the US Dollar

Thank you to Target for supporting PBS. You can learn more at: https://target.com/community Share your story today: https://to.pbs.org/3izZeXh How did the US dollar come to be the most ubiquitous, trusted and traded currency in the history of the world? Two Cents was created by Katie Graham, Andrew Matthews, Philip Olson CFP® and Julia Lorenz-Olson and is brought to you by PBS Digital Studios. We love dropping some knowledge on all things personal finance and helping you make better money decisions. sources: Weatherford, Jack. "The History of Money." Three Rivers Press, 1997. https://www.sporcle.com/blog/2019/03/who-is-on-us-money-and-why/ https://www.biography.com/news/historial-figures-on-us-money https://www.thoughtco.com/faces-on-us-currency-4153995 https://www.usmint.gov/learn/history/overview https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20190528-the-curious-origin-of-the-symbol https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dixie#:~:text=Origin%20of%20the%20name,-Ten%2Ddollar%20note&text=%22Dixie%22%20is%20derived%20from%20Jeremiah,subsequent%20to%20the%20Missouri%20Compromise. https://www.insider.com/us-dollar-bill-evolution-2018-6#:~:text=16th%20US%20President%20Abraham%20Lincoln,money%20approved%20by%20the%20government).&text=The%20large%2Dformat%20bill%20featured,Treasury%20during%20the%20Civil%20War. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reserve_currency#:~:text=In%201944%2C%20when%20the%20US,second%20currency%20in%20global%20reserves. Two Cents is hosted by Philip Olson, CFP® and Julia Lorenz-Olson Directors: Katie Graham & Andrew Matthews Written by: Philip Olson, CFP® Executive Producer: Amanda Fox Produced by: Katie Graham Edited & Animated by: Dano Johnson Images by: Shutterstock Music by: APM