While the previous 10 questions pertained to spending and saving money, this collection is about the very money itself. How much do you know about those wrinkled slips of green and those shiny metal objects in your very pockets?

1) The U.S. Bureau of Printing and Engraving prints paper currency. How much money on average does it print in one day?

$507,000

$17,000,000

$337,000,000

$907,000,000

 

 

2) Who was the first woman to appear on U.S. money?

Susan B. Anthony

Martha Washington

Sacajawea

Michelle Obama

 

 

3) What is the thinnest U.S. coin?

penny

nickel

dime

quarter

 

 

4) What was the smallest denomination of paper currency ever printed in the U.S.?

1 cent

3 cents

5 cents

1 dollar

 

 

5) The bill with the longest life span is the $100, lasting on average 89 months in circulation. Which bill has the shortest life span?

$1

$5

$10

$20

 

 

6) It is perfectly legal to design reproductions of U.S. currency, as long as you follow all but which of the following rules?

The image must be at 75% or less (or 150% or more) of the currency's actual size.

The image can only be one-sided.

All graphic files used to create the image must be destroyed after their final use.

The words 'Non negotiable' must appear on the image.

 

 

7) If you want your portrait on U.S. currency, by law you must meet which of the following requirements?

You must be a U.S. President

You must have signed the Declaration of Independence

You must be chosen by a unanimous vote of Congress

You must be dead

 

 

8) A pyramid appears on the back of the one-dollar bill. What does it signify?

Strength and duration.

The power of peace.

The Egyptian cotton on which U.S. currency is printed.

An alien presence that inhabited your planet many years ago.

 

 

9) How are the nine judges of the Supreme Court represented on the one-dollar bill?

The word 'one' appears nine times on the bill.

A '9' is clearly visible in the background of the George Washington portrait.

The American eagle has nine tail feathers.

Nine human shadows appear across the bottom of the back of the bill.

 

 

10) Independence Hall is featured on the back of the $100 bill. The clock on the hall is set at 4:10. Why?

Nobody knows.

410 pilgrims disembarked the Mayflower at Plymouth Rock in 1620.

George Washington was born at 4:10am on February 22, 1732.

Thomas McKean was the last to sign the Declaration of Independence on 4/10/1781.

 


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