Dollar Quiz: questions and answers
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1. What was the quantity of silver chosen in 1792 to correspond to one dollar?
371.25 grains of pure silver
2. During which war was the U.S. dollar valued approximately at five shillings?
World War II
3. What was the percentage of dollar's alloy set in January 1987?
15%
4. When has dollar become a free-floating currency after silver being removed from U.S. coinage?
1965
5. Which country adopted dollar as a national currency in 1785?
The United States
6. After which war was U.S. Coinage Act created in 1873?
Franco-Prussian War
7. When did Canadian dollar begin floating after the fixed exchange rate was agreed?
1944
8. Until which year did the silver dollar circulated in many parts of the world?
1873
9. When was the dollar sign first attested in business correspondence?
1770s