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The Dollar Bill Deconstructed

THE DOLLAR BILL DECONSTRUCTED In 1862, the first $1 bill was issued with a portrait of Treasury Secretary Salmon P. Chase. It wasn't until 1869 that the bill was redesigned with George Washington's portrait. The dollar bill was then redesigned many times over the years, in 1963 it was finalized into the version that all Americans use today. But what do all of the different symbols on the US Dollar bill really mean? Find out here! Beneath the The note number Federal Reserve position: This number letter combination tells which also appears you which position on the opposite side on the plate the note was printed. The number designates the quadrant and Seal: The dollar bill's serial number, The series date (or The plate serial series year): presented as a year appears twice and occasionally with a letter suffix. number: this on the bill itself and tells you of the bill. The serial number of There is not a series which plate the the letter designates the bill, exactly the same as it is on the left side of the bill. the position within the quadrant. for every year. Often bill was printed a new series is the result of a new from. Treasurer, Secretary, or design of the bill. S FEDERALRE SERVE NOTE THE UNITED STATES OFAMERIOA THIS NorE I9 LEGAL TENDER FOA ALL DERTE PUBLIC ANO PRATE * B03542754 F WASHINGTO,D.C. B03542754 F 2 len Senmptarós ha 1) eO ONEDOLLA) The Federal Reserve The capital letter Seal and the Federal inside the circle: Reserve District This is the Federal Number represent Reserve Seal Beneath the serial number: The signature of the Treasurer of the United States. In the center of the Beneath the ONE: ONE: The seal of the The signature of the US Department of the Treasury which of the 12 different Federal Reserve Banks in the United States Secretary of the Treasury Chicago G Minneapolis (I D Cleveland printed the bill. The Federal Reserve District Number also appears in three other spots on the bill, each one just inside the #1 on the A Boston corner. (B New York San Francisco (L C Philadelphia E Richmond Kansas City J) Dallas (K) FAtlanta The Eye of Providence: (H St. Louis Above the pyramid: ANNUIT COEPTIS : The pyramid itself: Means "He has favored our undertakings" Represents God watching over... 13 layers of brick, representing the original 13 colonies. 1776 was the year that the United States declared MDCCLXXVI : 1776 independence from England. At the base of the pyramid: CFPTIS in Roman numerals NNUIT Below the pyramid: NOVUS ORDO SECLORUM : The Center: ONE indicating the value. IN GOD WE TRUST The official motto of the US since 1956. Means "A New Order of the ages" ATOVUS ORDO SECIOROM THE UNITED STATESOFAMERICA ONE ONE (OFTIS IN GOD WE TRUST ONE ONE The Great Seal of The heraldic shield across the eagle's chest remains the United States. Above the eagle are 13 stars, unsupported, meaning the country stands on its own. The shield bears 13 representing the original 13 colonies, all arranged into a six-pointed star. stripes, representing the original 13 colonies. The banner above the eagle reads E PLURIBUS UNUM. Translated, that means "Out of In one of the eagle's In the other talon of many, one". This represents the "united" aspect of the desire for peace. symbolizing that the America. Numerous talons is an olive the eagle is a group WHO IS ON THE FRONT AND BACK OF OTHER US CURRENCIES CURRENTLY The olive branch IN USE? branch, symbolizing of arrows, states and United States will defend itself when also has 13 leaves and 13 berries, both necessary. representing the original 13 colonies. governing bodies join together, forming a United States. L13990150 A L13990150 A UNETEUSIATbr TWODOLLARS THE UNITRD OFAMI ES BF 04253679 A $2 THOMAS JEFFERSON (3rd President of the United States) is on the front - A reproduction of John Trumbull's painting "The Declaration of Independence" is on the back. BF 04253679 A BD 06209666 A THRUNITEDSTNFES OPAMERIA FIVE DOLLA RS 04 $5 ABRAHAM LINCOLN (16th President of the United States) is on the front - The Lincoln Memorial is on the back. B0 06209666 A I TEN DOLLARS $10 ALEXANDER HAMILTON (Founding Father of the United States) is on the front - The US Treasury Building is on the back. BB126596278 BB 126596278 AD 96612189 A UNETER nsTE TWENTY DOLLARS AD 96612189 A $20 ANDREW JACKSON (7th President of the United States) is on the front - The White House is on the back. AE 776655440 ES 10 AE 7766554NB $50 ULYSSES S. GRANT (18th President of the United States, War general during the second half of the civil war) is on the front - The US Capitol Building is on the back. $100 BEN FRANKLIN (Founding Father of the United States) is on the front - Independence Hall is on the back. WHO IS ON THE FRONT AND BACK OF CURRENCIES THAT ARE NO LONGER IN PRODUCTION? AU EDE LEICN 500 THE UNITED SENTES OEAMERICA SOO KO0025163 A I 300 (K THE UNITED SEATES FIO464598M OF AMERICA 500 PIVE INDRED DOLLARS 500 5000 5000 EUNETEDSTATESOPAMERICS HO0000405A FI0464598M $500 WILLIAM MCKINLEY (25th President of the United States) was on the front – Though early versions depicted Hernando de Soto discovering the Mississippi river on the back, the last versions to be used had a very large and centered "500" on the back. DNE THOUSAND $1,000 GROVER CLEVELAND (22nd and 24th President of the United States) was on the front – Though early versions featured a very large bald eagle on the back, the last versions to be used had a very large and centered "One Thousand Dollars" on the back. BO00 FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS $5.000 JAMES MADISON (4th President of the United States) was on the front - The back originally featured the resignation of General George Washington, though the last versions to be used simply had a large centered “5000" on the back. www.w LO0000126A 100000 100000 A00000126 A 100020113A 10.000 O D DOLLARS 10.D00 100000 $10,000 SALMON P. CHASE (US Treasury Secretary 020113A 100000 ne 100.000 under President Abraham Lincoln) was on the front – The back of the original bill depicted the Pilgrims, though the last versions to be used simply had a large centered "Ten Thousand Dollars". $100,000 WOODROW WILSON (28th US President) was on the front - The back featured a large centered "100,000" – This was also the largest denomination of currency ever printed in the United States. Sources: www.classbrain.com www.onedollarbill.org en.wikipedia.org www.minneapolisfed.org

The Dollar Bill Deconstructed

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The US dollar bill has been redesigned many times over the years, in 1963 it was finalized into the version that all Americans use today. But what do all of the different symbols on the US Dollar bill...

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