interesting facts about US money

 

MONEY NICKNAMES


Any –greenback, dead president, wampum, moolah, paper

$1 – buck, George

$2 –Tom, deuce

$5 – fin, fiver

$10 – sawbuck

$20 –double sawbuck

$50 – Grant

$100 – hunskey, C-Note, Benjamin’s


  1. Bullet    The only woman to be on a US bill is Martha Washington, on the $1 Silver Certificates (1886, 1891, 1896)

  2. Bullet     Our current money (small size note, 6.14 x 2.61 inch) was started in 1929.

  3. Bullet     The older money (large size note, 7.42 x 3.125 inch) was from 1863 – 1929.

  4. Bullet     The current note was issued in: (current) $1, $2, $5, $10, $50, $100; (no longer printed) $500, $1,000, $5,000, $10,000, (gov. use only)$100,000

  5. Bullet     Our current money was never issued as a $3, $200 or $1,000,000 bill, though there are fakes in these.

  6. Bullet     Notes larger than the $100 bill were withdrawn from circulation in 1969 by President Richard Nixon TO HELP COMBAT ORGANIZED CRIME.

  7. Bullet    “In God we trust” was first put on bills in 1957.

  8. Bullet     $1 bills make up almost half of the bills printed.