| Money |
| 1.A quarter has 119 grooves on the side of it. 2.Dimes have ones less groove than a quarter,or 118. 3.There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar. 4.The original U.S. mint building, in 1793 made its first delivery of coins, 11,178 copper cents, amounting to $111.78. 5.In 2001 the U.S. Mint produced 19,401,459,500 pennies, nickels, dimes, quarters, half dollars, and Golden dollars. 6.Pocahontas appeared on the back of the $20 bill in 1875. 7. According to the U.S. Secret Service, in 1995 fewer than 1% counterfeit notes detected in the U.S. were created digitally. By 2002, this number had risen by 40%. 8.If you had paid $1.00 for an item in the U.S. in 1967, based on Consumer Price Index, would be equivalent to $5.49 in 2003. |
| Also, I have listed how much money in the U.S. is in circulation. Click here to see the total money. I have now put in for the year 1999! |