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 Here is a terrific link to the US Tresury - just for kids! Check it out.... Click Here to go!
Currency Around The World - test yourself in case you go on a world journey!
Australia - Dollar
Brazil - Real
China - Yuan
Czech Republic - Koruna
Denmark - Krone
Ethiopia - Birr
France - Euro (formerly French franc)
Germany - Euro (formerly Deutsch mark)
Ghana - Cedi
Greece - Euro (formerly drachma)
Haiti - Gourde
India - Rupee
Israel - Shekel
Italy - Euro (formerly lira)
Japan - Yen
Jordan - Dinar
Laos - Kip
Malaysia - Ringgit
Netherlands - Euro (formerly guilder)
Peru - Neuvo sol
Poland - Zloty
Portugal - Euro (formerly escudo)
Russia - Ruble
Saudi Arabia - Riyal
South Africa - Rand
South Korea - Won
Spain - Euro (formerly peseta)
Sweden - Krona
Thailand - Baht
United Kingdon - Pound sterling
United States - Dollar
Venezuela - Bolivar
Zambia - Kwacha
DID YOU KNOW??????
Thomas Jefferson liked to count by tens.
Thomas Jefferson, honored on the current U.S. nickel, was the person to back the use of the decimal system that we use today.
"In God We Trust" was first used on coins during the Civil War.
This inscription was added to the two-cent piece of 1864. But it didn't become necessary to add it to all coins until 1955. The inscription "E Pluribus Unum" which means "One from Many" (as in one country made from many states) was first used on the gold $5 piece of 1795.
Nickels, Dime, and Quarters are pickled before they are minted?
It might sound strange, but blanks used to make these coins really are pickled. They are not soaked in vinegar, though, like the pickled cucumbers you get on hamburgers. Instead, these copper-nickel blanks are soaked in a special chemical solution. This "pickeling" washes and polished them.
At One Time, People Used Ant Noses to Buy Food and Clothes!
It's true. In 600 B.C. China, people used ant noses to buy food and clothes. "Ant nose" is one name for the copper money they used. They were really coins with a silly name.
Visit the US Mint website for games ond facts on money!
www.usmint.gov/kids
The Golden Dollar Coin
Sacagawea is the Shoshone Indian Guide known for assisting the explorers Lewis and Clark during their momentous expideition west. Between 1804-1806, while she was still a teenager, she guided the adventurers across the Northern Great Plains to the Pacific Ocean and back. She is pictured on the Golden Dollar, with her son, named Jean Baptiste.
Sacagawea was captured from her tribe at the age of eleven and sold into slavery. She was given away in a bet to French fur trader, Toussaint Charbonneau, who made her his wife. Carbonneau was asked to join Lewis and Clark on their expedition mainly due to the known language, topographical, trading and survival skills of his young wife, Sacagawea. She was able to negotiate with Indians, estimate weather patterns and provide critical plant/food knowledge for the team.
They began the expedition when Sacagawea was 6 months pregnant. Sacagawea and her soon infant served as a buffer to would-be aggressive Indian Tribes and gave the message of a peaceful expedition rather than a military one.
And You Thought You Were Fairly Paid Just For Being A Kid!
Compare Your Weekly Allowance to this National Poll conducted by the Kids Money web site:
Age Allowance
4 $2.85
5 $3.15
6 $3.85
7 $4.10
8 $4.32
9 $5.52
10 $7.18
11 $7.92
12 $9.58
13 $9.52
14 $13.47
15 $15.57
16 $17.84
17 $30.66
18 $40.10
Wow - makes 18 look pretty good!
Thank you to the U.S. Government and factmonster.com for the interesting information.
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