Editing Dollar (section)

==Countries and regions that have previously used a "dollar" currency==
[[File:Dollar du Sarawak.jpg|thumb|One [[Sarawak dollar]] from 1935, featuring [[Charles Vyner Brooke]], the 3rd and last [[White Rajah]] of [[Kingdom of Sarawak|Sarawak]]]]

*[[Confederate States of America]]: The [[Confederate States dollar]] issued from March 1861 to 1865
*[[Ethiopia]]: The name "Ethiopian dollar" was used in the English text on the [[Ethiopian birr|birr]] banknotes before the [[Derg]] takeover in 1974.
*[[Malaysia]]: the [[Malaysian ringgit]] used to be called the "Malaysian Dollar" in English. The surrounding territories (that is, [[Federation of Malaya|Malaya]], [[British North Borneo]], [[Sarawak]], [[Brunei]], and [[Singapore]]) used several varieties of dollars (for example, [[Straits dollar]], [[Malayan dollar]], [[Sarawak dollar]], [[British North Borneo dollar]]; [[Malaya and British Borneo dollar]]) before [[Federation of Malaya|Malaya]], [[British North Borneo]], [[Sarawak]], Singapore and Brunei gained their independence from the [[United Kingdom]]. See also for [[List of currencies|complete list of currencies]].
*[[Sierra Leone]]: The [[Sierra Leonean dollar]] was used from 1791 to 1805.  It was subdivided into 100 cents and was issued by the [[Sierra Leone Company]]. The dollar was pegged to sterling at a rate of 1 dollar = 4 shillings 2 pence.
*[[Spain]]: the [[Spanish dollar]] was used from 1497 to 1868. It is closely related to the dollars (Spanish dollar was used in the US until 1857) and [[euro]]s used today.{{clarify|date=January 2023}}
*[[Sri Lanka]]; the [[Ceylonese rixdollar]] was a currency used in [[British Ceylon]] in the early 19th Century.
*[[Rhodesia]]: the [[Rhodesian dollar]] replaced the [[Rhodesian pound]] in 1970 and it was used until [[Zimbabwe]] came into being in 1980.
*[[Republic of Texas]]: the [[Texas dollar]] was issued between January 1839 and September 1840.
*[[Zimbabwe]]: uses the [[Zimbabwe dollar]], and also accepts the [[South African rand]], the [[US dollar]],<ref>Adopted for all official government transactions</ref> the [[Euro]], the [[Pound sterling]], the [[Botswana pula]], the [[Chinese yuan]], the [[Indian rupee]] and the [[Japanese yen]].<ref>Hungwe, Brian. [https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-26034078 "Zimbabwe’s multi-currency confusion"], ''[[BBC News]]'', Harare, 6 February 2014. Retrieved on 5 November 2016.</ref>