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After WW2 the world looked again to establish a single system for converting various currencies. The US dollar at that time was quite stable, and the nations of the world agreed to the Bretton Woods system, of fixing the value. The Bretton Woods system established a dollar standard to replace the gold standard. The value of the dollar was fixed to gold at $35 to the ounce and the various currencies of the world were fixed to the dollar. Exchange rate became fixed to the value of the dollar, and the dollar became a world commodity.

Today, the US dollar is one of the single most traded commodities. The Euro has risen to become the second.

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