United States dollar (North Carolina dollar at par with Spanish dollar)

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The United States dollar (with the North Carolina dollar kept at parity with the widely used Spanish dollar) became the standard currency that superseded the colonial North Carolina pound.


Statements (25)
Predicate Object
instanceOf historical currency arrangement
appliesToJurisdiction Province of North Carolina
State of North Carolina
basedOn Spanish milled dollar
country United States of America
currencyOf North Carolina (after independence)
denominationName dollar
follows Spanish dollar
historicalContext post‑colonial monetary reform in the United States
historicalPeriod late 18th century monetary reforms
implementedAs replacement for colonial North Carolina pound
influencedBy widespread use of Spanish dollar in the Americas
legalStatus standard currency in North Carolina
monetaryStandard decimal currency system
parityWith Spanish dollar
reformGoal alignment with federal United States dollar system
standardization of currency in North Carolina
region North America
replaced North Carolina pound
replacedCurrency North Carolina pound
subunit cent
subunitToUnitRatio 100 cent = 1 dollar
superseded colonial North Carolina pound
transitionFrom colonial pound system
usesUnit dollar

Referenced by (1)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
North Carolina pound
replacedBy

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