Did You Know This

Saturday, December 1, 2012

Did you know that Woodrow Wilson appeard on the $100, 000 dollar bill?



Did you know what presidents appear on two different  currency?
Penny

Abraham Lincoln
16th U.S. President
The Lincoln Memorial
Nickel

Thomas Jefferson
3rd U.S. President
Monticello
Jefferson's home

Quarter
25¢


George Washington
1st U.S. President
American Bald Eagle
$1

George Washington
1st U.S. President
The Great Seal of the United States
$2

Thomas Jefferson
3rd U.S. President
Signing of the Declaration of Independence
-or-
Monticello


$5

Abraham Lincoln
16th U.S. President
Lincoln Memorial

Did you know that George Washington is the only President to appear on the quarter, dollar, and the coin dollar?

$1


George Washington
George Washington
1st U.S. President

Did you know that, Susan B. Anthony, Sacagawea, Benjamin Franklin, were the only people to appear on currency who were not presidents?
Silver Dollar
$1
Susan B. Anthony
Apollo 11 Insignia, Eagle
Golden Dollar
$1

Sacagawea
Soaring Eagle and 17 Stars
$100

Benjamin Franklin
Independence Hall


Dd you know  that Alexander Hamilton and Salmon P. Chase were the only U.S. Treasury Secretary to appear on currency?
$10

Alexander Hamilton
1st U.S. Treasury Secretary
U.S. Treasury

$10,000*

Salmon P. Chase
25th U.S. Treasury Secretary
"Ten Thousand Dollars"

Did you know that 5 pieces of currency that are no longer in circulation 

$500*

William McKinley
25th U.S. President
"Five Hundred Dollars"
$1,000*

Grover Cleveland
22nd/24th U.S. President
"One Thousand Dollars"
$5,000*

James Madison
4th U.S. President
"Five Thousand Dollars"
$10,000*
Salmon P. Chase
25th U.S. Treasury Secretary
"Ten Thousand Dollars"
$100,000*

Woodrow Wilson
28th U.S. President
"One Hundred Thousand Dollars"

Did you know that the $ 100,000 note was a gold certificate and the highest denomination of United States currency ever produced?

Did you know that there was a 100,000 dollar bill that was issued by the United States Department of the Treasury in 1934 and 1935 for official transactions? 

Did you know that the government stopped using these notes in the 1960s?
 
Did you know that only 42,000 of the $ 100, 0000 notes were printed, and none were ever issued to the public?

Did you know that only a handful of the $100,000 notes are known to exist, and all are in the hands of the United States Government. As a result, the notes are illegal to privately own?

Did you know that the law prohibits portraits of living persons from appearing on Government
Securities?

Did you know that Currency paper is composed of 25% linen and 75% cotton?






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