Facts About The United States Dollar

Facts About The United States Dollar

When did paper money first printed in the united states? America was first released in the form of paper currency in 1862 to as a result of the lack of coins and to finance the civil war.

Incidence of lack of money caused by the many people who hoard their coins, as well as due to the uncertainty caused by the war has made the value of goods fluctuate drastically. Because the coins made ​​of gold and silver their value did not change much, so people tend to want to keep it so that it starts to disappear from circulation. The first paper money printed in denominations of 1 cent, 5 cents, 25 cents and 50 cents.

But it turns out american dollar bills are not much put a woman's face. The only woman's face emblazoned on paper money as is martha washington. First lady first appeared in ni as $ 1 silver certificate from 1886 and 1891, and the back of a silver certificate $ 1 1896.

Approximately 42% of the dollar as being produced to this day is worth 1 dollar. Dollar's first pictorial salmon p. Chase, the secretary of the finance department as the reign of abraham lincoln. From 1963 until now the faces that adorn the $ 1 is: martha washington, george washington, christopher columbus, abraham lincoln, and ulysses s. Grant.

Behind the seal on the dollar shows the image of a pyramid with the roman numeral 1776 posts basically. Pyramid depicts the determination and strength, while the image of the unfinished pyramid describes the future united states and the goal of perfection. Eye above the pyramid illustrates the divine eye that was watching.

While many would mention that 13 is an unlucky number, but number 13 (representing the number of colonies) contained in the $ 1. The number of letters / digits in number in 1776 (4) and roman letters "MDCCLXXVI" (9) so that when added together is 13. Besides the dollar has 13 stars above the eagle, there are 13 steps on the pyramid, 13 letters in the latin "Annuit COEPTIS" also "e PLURIBUS UNUM". There are 13 vertical lines on the shield and 13 horizontal lines, there are 13 leaves on the olive branch, 13 fruits on the olive branch and the dollar also has 13 caps and 13 arrows.

Currency coins are usually made ​​of copper and other elements such as zinc or nickel. In the paper currency consisted of 25 percent fiber and 75 percent cotton linens. Before world war i even made ​​of made ​​of silk fibers.

At $ 100 there is a picture of the clock tower of independence hall in the philadelphia. When viewed with a magnifying glass will show the time 4:10. Unfortunately there is no particular reason why the time was chosen.