"proper equipment and materials. Furthermore, recent redesigns of the $5, $10, $20, and $50 notes have added EURion constellation patterns which can be used by scanning software to recognize banknotes and refuse to scan them. The differing sizes of other nations' banknotes are a security feature that eliminates one form of counterfeiting to which U.S. currency is prone: Counterfeiters can simply bleach the ink off a low-denomination note, such as a $1 or $5 bill, and reprint it as a higher-value note, such as a $100 bill. To counter this, the U.S. government has included in all $5 and higher"
"(the last because deceased presidents are pictured on most bills). A """"grand"""", sometimes shortened to simply """"G"""", is a common term for the amount of $1,000. The suffix """"K"""" or """"k"""" (from ""kilo-"") is also commonly used to denote this amount (such as ""$10k"" to mean $10,000). However, the $1,000 note is no longer in general use. A """"large"""" or """"stack"""", it is usually a reference to a multiple of $1,000 (such as """"fifty large"""" meaning $50,000). The $100 note is nicknamed """"Benjamin"""", """"Benji"""", """"Ben"""", or """"Franklin"""" (after Benjamin Franklin), """"C-note"""" (C being the Roman numeral for 100), """"Century note"""""
"1969, when the denominations of $500, $1,000, $5,000, and $10,000 were retired. The Bureau of Engraving and Printing says the average life of a $100 bill in circulation is 90 months (7.5 years) before it is replaced due to wear and tear. The bills are also commonly referred to as ""Bens,"" ""Benjamins,"" or ""Franklins,"" in reference to the use of Benjamin Franklin's portrait on the denomination, or as ""C-Notes,"" based on the Roman numeral for 100. The bill is one of two denominations printed today that does not feature a President of the United States; the other is the $10"
"its portrait of Benjamin Franklin, while a Canadian might refer to it as a ""Borden"", after its portrait of Robert Borden. Since its introduction in 1999, a number of slang terms for the euro have emerged, though differences between languages mean that they are not common across the whole of the eurozone. Some terms are inherited from the legacy currencies, such as ""quid"" from the Irish pound and various translations of ""fiver"" or ""tenner"" being used for notes. The German ""Teuro"" is a play on the word ""teuer"", meaning 'expensive'. The Deutsche Mark by comparison was approximately worth half as"
"Penny (United States coin) The United States one-cent coin, often called the penny, is a unit of currency equaling one one-hundredth of a United States dollar. The cent's symbol is ¢. Its obverse has featured the profile of President Abraham Lincoln since 1909, the centennial of his birth. From 1959 (the sesquicentennial of Lincoln's birth) to 2008, the reverse featured the Lincoln Memorial. Four different reverse designs in 2009 honored Lincoln's 200th birthday and a new, ""permanent"" reverse – the Union Shield – was introduced in 2010. The coin is 0.75 inches (19.05 mm) in diameter and 0.0598 inches (1.52"
"an attractive target for melting by people wanting to sell the metals for profit. In comparison, post-1982 copper-plated zinc cents have a metallurgical value of only 0.55152 cents. The Secretary of the Treasury has authority to alter the percentage of copper and zinc in the one-cent coin if needed due to cost fluctuations. Penny (United States coin) The United States one-cent coin, often called the penny, is a unit of currency equaling one one-hundredth of a United States dollar. The cent's symbol is ¢. Its obverse has featured the profile of President Abraham Lincoln since 1909, the centennial of his"
"25% linen fibers. U.S. paper currency has had many nicknames and slang terms. The notes themselves are generally referred to as ""bills"" (as in ""five-dollar bill"") and any combination of U.S. notes as ""bucks"" (as in ""fifty bucks""), or, much less commonly, ""bones"" or ""beans"". Notes can be referred to by the first or last name of the person on the portrait (George for One Dollar, or even more popularly, ""Benjamins"" for $100 notes). Many more slang terms refer to money in general (green stamps, moolah, paper, bread, dough, do-re-mi, freight, loot, cheese, cake, stacks, greenmail, jack, rabbit, cabbage, pie,"
"neither Alexander Hamilton ($10) nor Benjamin Franklin ($100) was President. These are also referred to as ""wallet-sized portraits of Presidents"" – referencing the fact that people typically carry pictures in their wallets. ""Greenback"" originally applied specifically to the 19th century Demand Note dollars created by Abraham Lincoln to finance the costs of the American Civil War for the North. The original note was printed in black and green on the back side. It is still used to refer to the U.S. dollar (but not to the dollars of other countries). Other more general terms for money, not specifically linked to"
"United States one hundred-dollar bill The United States one hundred-dollar bill ($100) is a denomination of United States currency. The first United States Note with this value was issued in 1862 and the Federal Reserve Note version was launched in 1914, alongside other denominations. Statesman, inventor, diplomat, and American founding father Benjamin Franklin has been featured on the obverse of the bill since 1914. On the reverse of the banknote is an image of Independence Hall in Philadelphia, which has been used since 1928. The $100 bill is the largest denomination that has been printed and circulated since July 13,"
"85B through 85F. This expedient enabled Scott to retain the existing numbers for all subsequent stamps, beginning with the E Grill issues (#86-91). Z Grill The Benjamin Franklin Z Grill, or simply ""Z-Grill"", is a 1-cent postage stamp issued by the United States Postal Service in February 1868 depicting Benjamin Franklin. While stamps of this design were the common 1-cent stamps of the 1860s, the Z-Grill is distinguished by having the so-called ""Z"" variety of a grill pressed into the stamp, creating tiny indentations in the paper. Although the 1-cent Z-Grill is generally cited as the rarest and most valuable"
"proof condition. The reverse of some Lincoln cents minted in 1998, 1999, and 2000 in Philadelphia feature a larger-than-normal gap between the first two letters of AMERICA. These coins, known as the Wide AM variety are valued at $10, $500, and $5, respectively, in gem uncirculated condition. These reverse die errors are technically ""mule"" errors, as the reverse error dies were the same as normal proof coins of the same date. Zinc, a major component of U.S. cents minted after mid-1982, is toxic in large quantities. Swallowing such a coin, which is 97.5% zinc, can cause damage to the stomach"
"Menem trucho Menem trucho is the popular name given to a series of banknotes of no value with the face of Carlos Saul Menem and propaganda phrases that were distributed through street promoters and basic units in the early 1990s in Argentina. With the symbolic title of ""A value that stabilized the country"" and"" Ten years of stability"", they were created as a propaganda policy by the then President of Argentina Carlos Saul Menem. Despite the obvious falsity of the bill there were those who used it to pay for purchases in neighboring countries such as Bolivia and Paraguay. The"
"Dime (United States coin) The dime, in U.S. usage, is a ten-cent coin, one tenth of a United States dollar, labeled formally as ""one dime"". The denomination was first authorized by the Coinage Act of 1792. The dime is the smallest in diameter and is the thinnest of all U.S. coins currently minted for circulation, being .705 inches (17.91 mm) in diameter and .053 inches (1.35 mm) in thickness. The obverse of the coin depicts the profile of President Franklin D. Roosevelt and the reverse boasts an olive branch, a torch, and an oak branch, from left to right respectively."
"Z Grill The Benjamin Franklin Z Grill, or simply ""Z-Grill"", is a 1-cent postage stamp issued by the United States Postal Service in February 1868 depicting Benjamin Franklin. While stamps of this design were the common 1-cent stamps of the 1860s, the Z-Grill is distinguished by having the so-called ""Z"" variety of a grill pressed into the stamp, creating tiny indentations in the paper. Although the 1-cent Z-Grill is generally cited as the rarest and most valuable of all US postage stamps, the 15-cent Lincoln Z-Grill is just as rare and the 10-cent Washington Z-Grill scarcely less so. All three"
"mm) in thickness. Its weight has varied, depending upon the composition of metals used in its production (see further below). The U.S. Mint's official name for the coin is ""cent"" and the U.S. Treasury's official name is ""one cent piece"". The colloquial term ""penny"" derives from the British coin of the same name, the pre-decimal version of which had a similar place in the British system. In American English, ""pennies"" is the plural form. (The plural form ""pence""—standard in British English—is not used in reference to American coins.) Although the coin's abolition has been proposed because it is now worth"
"1780, Continental bills – or Continentals – were worth just of their face value. Congress tried to reform the currency by removing the old bills from circulation and issuing new ones, but this met with little to no success. By May 1781, Continentals had become so worthless they ceased to circulate as money. Benjamin Franklin noted that the depreciation of the currency had, in effect, acted as a tax to pay for the war. In the 1790s, after the ratification of the United States Constitution, Continentals could be exchanged for treasury bonds at 1% of face value. Congress appointed Robert"
"one pound sterling is one hundred pence. The 100 Euro banknotes feature a picture of a Rococo gateway on the obverse and a Baroque bridge on the reverse. The U.S. hundred-dollar bill has Benjamin Franklin's portrait; the ""Benjamin"" is the largest U.S. bill in print. American savings bonds of $100 have Thomas Jefferson's portrait, while American $100 treasury bonds have Andrew Jackson's portrait. One hundred is also: 100 (number) 100 or one hundred (Roman numeral: Ⅽ) is the natural number following 99 and preceding 101. In medieval contexts, it may be described as the short hundred or five score in"
"Lincoln cent The Lincoln cent (or sometimes called Lincoln penny) is a one-cent coin that has been struck by the United States Mint since 1909. The obverse or heads side was designed by Victor David Brenner, as was the original reverse. The coin has seen several reverse, or tails, designs and now bears one by Lyndall Bass depicting a Union shield. All coins struck by the United States government with a value of 1/100 of a dollar are called cents because the United States has always minted coins using decimals. The penny nickname is a carryover from the coins struck"
"as the smallest remaining coin in value and physical size. This nickname was inherited from one- and two-cent coins when they were abolished in 1996. A five-dollar note is known colloquially as a ""galah"" due to its colour. A ten-dollar note is known colloquially as a ""tenner"", a ""Banjo"" (relating to poet A.B. Patterson) or a""Pavarotti"" (Luciano Pavarotti being a tenor, and ""tenor"" being a homophone for ""tenner""). The plastic (third series) twenty-dollar note is sometimes called a ""lobster"" in reference to its distinctive red-orange colour, and the third series fifty-dollar note is known as a ""pineapple"" or the ""Big"
"United States $10,000 bill, the largest denomination of U.S. currency to publicly circulate. The bill was last printed in 1945. In 1969, the Federal Reserve began withdrawing high-denomination bills from circulation and as of 2009 only 336 $10,000 bills had not been returned for destruction. Chase County, Kansas, and Chase City, Virginia, are named in his honor. Chasevilles in Florida, Massachusetts, North Carolina (which only lasted from 1868 to 1871), New York, Ohio, and Tennessee were also named for him. Camp Chase in Columbus, Ohio, and Chase Hall, the main barracks and dormitory at the United States Coast Guard Academy,"
"Cent (currency) In many national currencies, the cent, commonly represented by the cent sign (a minuscule letter ""c"" crossed by a diagonal stroke or a vertical line: ¢; or a simple ""c"") is a monetary unit that equals of the basic monetary unit. Etymologically, the word ""cent"" derives from the Latin word ""centum"" meaning hundred. ""Cent"" also refers to a coin worth one cent. In the United States, the 1¢ coin is generally known by the nickname ""penny"", alluding to the British coin and unit of that name. In the European Union, coins designs are chosen nationally, while the reverse"
"Federal Reserve System has any plans to change the denominations in use today."" Before they were 'retired', host Monty Hall regularly tempted or teased contestants on Let's Make a Deal with a $1,000 bill featuring Grover Cleveland. Ridiculously high denomination bills are sometimes used in fiction, for example the trillion dollar bill possessed by Montgomery Burns in The Simpsons. The National Numismatic Collection at the Smithsonian Institution contains (among other things) the Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP) certified proofs and the Treasury Department collection of United States currency. Using a combination of proofs and issued notes, a nearly complete"
"certificate, the others were Federal Reserve Notes. Stamped “HAWAII” (in small solid letters on the obverse and large letters on the reverse), with the Treasury seal and serial numbers in brown instead of the usual blue, these notes could be demonetized in the event of a Japanese invasion. Additional World War II emergency currency was issued in November 1942 for circulation in Europe and Northern Africa. Printed with a bright yellow seal, these notes ($1, $5, and $10) could be demonetized should the United States lose its position in the European or North African campaigns. When a bill is damaged"
"of Susan B. Anthony]] [[Category:Alice Paul]] [[Category:Elizabeth Cady Stanton]] United States ten-dollar bill The United States ten-dollar bill ($10) is a denomination of U.S. currency. The obverse of the bill features the portrait of Alexander Hamilton, who served as the first U.S. Secretary of the Treasury. The reverse features the U.S. Treasury Building. All $10 bills issued today are Federal Reserve Notes. As of December 2013, the average life of a $10 bill is 4.5 years, or about 54 months, before it is replaced due to wear. Ten-dollar bills are delivered by Federal Reserve Banks in yellow straps. The source"
"issuance of United States Notes as a legal tender—the paper currency soon to be known as ""greenbacks"". Initially, the emission was limited to $150,000,000 total face value between the new Legal Tender Notes and the existing Demand Notes. The Act also intended for the new notes to be used to replace the Demand Notes as soon as practical. The Demand Notes had been issued in denominations of $5, $10, and $20, and these were replaced by United States Notes nearly identical in appearance on the obverse. In addition, notes of entirely new design were introduced in denominations of $50, $100,"
"""Centime"" used to be a hundredth of the French franc which is now called ""centime de franc"". The word ""cent"" (plural ""cents"", both pronounced to avoid the confusion with ""cent"" (100) pronounced ) is the official term to be used in the French-language version of community legislation. Before its use in relation to the euro, the word ""cent"" (pronounced as in English, ) was best known to European Francophones as a hundredth of a dollar (U.S., Canadian, etc.) French-speaking Belgians use ""cent"" more often than ""centime"" because ""centime"" coins for the Belgian franc (worth, on 1 January 1999 about three"
"United States five-dollar bill The United States five-dollar bill ($5) is a denomination of United States currency. The current $5 bill features the 16th U.S. President (1861-65), Abraham Lincoln's portrait on the front and the Lincoln Memorial on the back. All $5 bills issued today are Federal Reserve Notes. The $5 bill is sometimes nicknamed a ""fin"". The term has German/Yiddish roots and is remotely related to the English ""five"", but it is far less common today than it was in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The Bureau of Engraving and Printing says the average life of a"
"of the nation has led to his being jocularly called ""the only President of the United States who was never President of the United States."" Franklin's likeness is ubiquitous. Since 1928, it has adorned American $100 bills, which are sometimes referred to in slang as ""Benjamins"" or ""Franklins."" From 1948 to 1963, Franklin's portrait was on the half dollar. He has appeared on a $50 bill and on several varieties of the $100 bill from 1914 and 1918. Franklin appears on the $1,000 Series EE Savings bond. Philadelphia's Benjamin Franklin Parkway (a major thoroughfare) and Benjamin Franklin Bridge (the first"
"is often dropped when it is clear from context. E.g. ""He made three quid last year"" would mean ""He earned three million pounds"". ""They manage a hundred bucks"" means that they have assets of a hundred million US dollars. General terms include bucks, dough, bread, moolah, cheddar, paper, stash, Benjamin, Benji, loot, smackers, and simoleons. Outdated or rarely used terms include: bones, tamales, scratch, cheese, guap, lettuce, salad, scrilla, scrill, chips, cake, ducats, spondulix, and cabbage. The dollar has also been referred to as a ""bean"" or ""bone"" (e.g. twenty bones is equal to $20). U.S. coinage nicknames reflect their"
"a coin. Mint officials had considered putting Franklin on the dime in 1941, but the project was shelved owing to heavy demands on the Mint for coins as the United States entered World War II. During the war, the Mint contemplated adding one or more new denominations of coinage; Sinnock prepared a Franklin design in anticipation of a new issue, which did not occur. In 1946, the Treasury replaced the Mercury dime with a piece depicting the recently deceased president, Franklin Roosevelt, who had been closely associated with the March of Dimes. With the Lincoln cent popular and politically inexpedient"
"Benjamin Franklin; as a reminder to its holders, he put at its bottom the message, ""Mind Your Business."" The image and the words form a rebus meaning that ""time flies, do your work."" This design was also used on the ""Continental dollar"" (issued as coins of unknown real denomination, and in paper notes of different fractional denominations) in February 1776. Some historians believe that the word ""business"" was intended literally here, as Franklin was an influential and successful businessman. Given Franklin's history publishing aphorisms, it may have been intended to mean both monetary and social business. The reverse side of"
"on the now obsolete $10,000 bill), and Benjamin Franklin (a signer of the Declaration of Independence and of the Constitution, who appears on the $100 bill). In 2016, the Treasury announced a number of design changes to the $5, $10 and $20 bills; to be introduced over the next ten years. The redesigns include: After an unsuccessful attempt in the proposed Legal Tender Modernization Act of 2001, the Omnibus Appropriations Act of 2009 required that none of the funds set aside for either the Treasury or the Bureau of Engraving and Printing may be used to redesign the $1 bill."
"marlin"". Bahamian dollar The dollar (sign: $; code: BSD) has been the currency of The Bahamas since 1966. It is normally abbreviated with the dollar sign ""$"", or alternatively ""B$"" to distinguish it from other dollar-denominated currencies. It is divided into 100 cents. The Bahamian dollar is pegged to the US dollar on a one-to-one basis. The Central Bank of The Bahamas states that it uses reserve requirements, changes in the Bank discount rate and selective credit controls, supplemented by moral suasion, as main instruments of monetary policy. The Central Bank's objective is to keep stable conditions, including credit, in"