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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?


 Now if you didn’t know, now you know…

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