<P> The history of the United States Dollar refers to more than 240 years since the Continental Congress of the United States authorized the issuance of Continental Currency in 1775 . On April 2 , 1792 , the United States Congress created the United States dollar as the country 's standard unit of money . The term dollar had already been in common usage since the colonial period when it referred to eight - real coin ( Spanish dollar ) used by the Spanish throughout New Spain . </P>
<P> The history of the United States Dollar refers to more than 240 years since the Continental Congress of the United States authorized the issuance of Continental Currency in 1775 . On April 2 , 1792 , the United States Congress created the United States dollar as the country 's standard unit of money . The term dollar had already been in common usage since the colonial period when it referred to eight - real coin ( Spanish dollar ) used by the Spanish throughout New Spain . </P>
when was money created in the united states
when was money created in the united states
April 2 , 1792
April 2 , 1792