Dollar Quiz: questions and answers

1. What was the quantity of silver chosen in 1792 to correspond to one dollar?

371.25 grains of pure silver

371.35 grains of pure silver

370.25 grains of pure silver

2. During which war was the U.S. dollar valued approximately at five shillings?

Vietnam War

World War I

World War II

3. What was the percentage of dollar's alloy set in January 1987?

35%

15%

25%

4. When has dollar become a free-floating currency after silver being removed from U.S. coinage?

1943

1965

1990

5. Which country adopted dollar as a national currency in 1785?

Spain

Canada

The United States

6. After which war was U.S. Coinage Act created in 1873?

World War I

World War II

Franco-Prussian War

7. When did Canadian dollar begin floating after the fixed exchange rate was agreed?

1967

1944

1945

8. Until which year did the silver dollar circulated in many parts of the world?

1874

1873

1783

9. When was the dollar sign first attested in business correspondence?

1790

1780s

1770s

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