Did you know what presidents appear on two different currency?
Penny
1¢ |
Abraham
Lincoln 16th U.S. President |
The
Lincoln Memorial
|
|
Nickel
5¢ |
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
|
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?
Securities?
Did you know that Currency paper is composed of 25% linen and 75% cotton?
Now if you didn't know, now you know...
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