Two Cents
The History of the US Dollar
2020 • E27 Sep 23, 2020 11m
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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
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