Dollar

(dol'lur.) [Ger. thaler; Dan. and Swed. daler.] (Numis.) In the U. States, the unit of money, whether in gold or currency values. The D. was established by Act of Congre , July 6, 1785, and first coined in1794. By Act of June 18, 1837, the standard finene of the silver D. was fixed at 900 parts of pure metal to 100 of copper alloy, and the weight to 4121 % gr. By Act of Mar. 3, 1849, gold D. were authorized to be coined at the U. S. mint, such pieces to be of the weight of 25.8 gr., and of the finene of 900,000ths. The D. is worth 100 cents, and all other coins of the U. States are decimal multiples or subdivisions of it. [s. 296]