100 FascinatingFacts About Money

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We spent several weeks (okay, maybe just a few hours) scouring the internet looking for the most interesting money facts we could find.

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These facts cover U.S. currency, world money, and historical money. They range from the depressing to the exciting, from the shocking to the bizarre.

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The study of money is called numismatics.

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Ninety-five percent of the notes printed each year replace those already in circulation.

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No living person can have their face on currency.

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Eighty-five to 95% of paper money contains traces of cocaine.

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The $1 bill hasn’t had a redesign in over 50 years.

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The U.S. officially adopted the dollar as its unit of currency in 1785.

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