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The cashier rung me up for $4.08. I had a $5 bill and a quarter ready, thinking the total was gonna be more like $5.08. So I gave her the five and the quarter anyway, and good, she gave me back a $1 bill, series 2021, B1899XXXXA signed by United States...
by Alonso del Arte
on Wed Aug 23, 2023 at 02:00 PM PDT
with 28 Recommends
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Let’s reflect the advantages Thatcher and the other Tory primes in recent years have brought to Britain: Less throughput in economical terms, less profits, less capital, a devalued currency that is currently hoovering around 1$21. Actually, despite the...
by ca cokz
on Sat Dec 24, 2022 at 11:20 PM PST
with 22 Recommends
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It’s been two years since President Biden’s presidency began and Janet Yellen was nominated and confirmed Treasury Secretary. But we’re still seeing Steve Mnuchin’s signature on the dollar bills. You know, Mnuchin, the former Hollywood movie producer...
by Alonso del Arte
on Fri Dec 02, 2022 at 08:53 PM PST
with 22 Recommends
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Joining Maya Angelou, who was the first to appear in a series of commemorative quarters honoring influential women, is Anna May Wong. Wong makes history as one of five women to appear on the quarter this year and the first Asian American in the history...
by Aysha Qamar
on Fri Oct 21, 2022 at 01:05 PM PDT
with 62 Recommends
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“You can kill me with your hatefulness, but just like life, I rise.” The legend lives on in not just her words but in new quarters we will see in circulation this month. The incredible Dr. Maya Angelou is the first to appear in a series of...
by Aysha Qamar
on Mon Jan 10, 2022 at 02:34 PM PST
with 185 Recommends
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Bitcoin uses as much energy as Switzerland. According to a 2015 UK study, cryptocurrencies enable tax evasion and money laundering. The brief history includes massive theft from the largest exchange leading to its bankruptcy in 2014, founders...
by CorpFlunky
on Wed Mar 31, 2021 at 10:25 AM PDT
with 44 Recommends
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Have the Monday blues? Well, here’s some good news! The Biden administration announced Monday that it is working to “speed up” efforts in redesigning the $20 bill to feature Harriet Tubman. While a timeline has not yet been announced by the Treasury...
by Aysha Qamar
on Mon Jan 25, 2021 at 02:11 PM PST
with 132 Recommends
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Paper money, the latest incarnation of the “Physical Object Money,” or POM, is incredibly handy. Unlike livestock, tally sticks or gold, it can be readily transported in one’s pocket. It’s certainly easier to regulate than cacao beans or wampum shells....
by KJ McElrath
on Thu Jul 23, 2020 at 01:51 PM PDT
with 1 Recommend
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For four decades the U.S. Congress has been pretending that the POTUS or Commander in Chief sets policy and directs the affairs of the nation. Indeed, there has been some speculation that the real purpose for invading Iraq was so George W. Bush could...
by hannah
on Sat Mar 28, 2020 at 01:37 PM PDT
with 15 Recommends
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Last month, Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin disappointed advocates of putting the image of 19th-century abolitionist and slave liberator Harriet Tubman on the $20 bill when he told Congress that—for technical reasons—the unveiling of a new design...
by Meteor Blades
on Fri Jun 14, 2019 at 10:13 AM PDT
with 163 Recommends
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Hello fellow Kossacks !
There are some questions that I think are worth asking. If you know the answers, or if these seem like worthy topics of conversation, please let me know.
1. Why isn’t the media asking George W. Bush (to whom a lot of tax...
by PragMANtic
on Sun Dec 23, 2018 at 06:59 AM PST
with 2 Recommends
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Everything is great, right? Unemployment is the lowest in half a century . The economy is churning out a high ...
by Leo W Gerard
on Fri Oct 26, 2018 at 08:00 AM PDT
with 10 Recommends
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If you have been on vacation to the UK in the past few years, it’s quite likely you still have some £1 gold-colored coins. These are being replaced with a high security, bi-metal 12 sided coin. Importantly the old “round pounds” will cease to be legal...
by Lib Dem FoP
on Thu Aug 31, 2017 at 03:04 PM PDT
with 10 Recommends
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We all remember our elementary school history and math classes that teach us the value of a dollar, how it compares to foreign currencies, and the implications of when it’s strong or weak. Donald Trump, however, seemed unsure about some of the details,...
by David Pakman
on Fri Feb 10, 2017 at 07:10 AM PST
with 1 Recommend
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Among President Obama's most significant accomplishments has been a big reduction of the federal budget deficit. But, of course, the United States government is still hundreds of billions of dollars in the red each year, and Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah),...
by 1Ian
on Mon Jun 27, 2016 at 05:27 PM PDT
with 0 Recommends
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Money is an interesting thing. It ultimately is an attempt to communicate shared value, but it has evolved into a concept that basically controls humanity. This method of communication has become so powerful that it drives behaviors on micro and macro...
by Jerrymooney
on Tue May 31, 2016 at 01:27 PM PDT
with 2 Recommends
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While researching bringing water to desert regions, like how Israel is helping California build one of the Biggest plants in Western Hemisphere,
I found out that as Libyan President Gaddafi was very forward thinking on this subject as well.
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by wade norris
on Fri Apr 29, 2016 at 01:05 PM PDT
with 17 Recommends
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I like money.
Well, yeah, we all (to some degree) like the idea of having money…but I like money itself. From a very young age, I’ve collected coins, stamps and paper currency from around the world, picking up bits and pieces here and there while...
by wesmorgan1
on Wed Apr 27, 2016 at 12:23 PM PDT
with 37 Recommends
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I’m apparently a huge currency nerd and can’t pass up an opportunity to do a cartoon about it whenever it’s in the news, even during a heated primary season.
Here’s the cartoon I did ...
by BrianMcFadden
on Fri Apr 29, 2016 at 02:50 PM PDT
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Andrew Jackson hated the idea of paper money, was an opponent of a national economic system, had a habit of shooting anyone who got under his thin skin, and schemed to fatten his own wallet by ...
by Mark Sumner
on Fri Apr 22, 2016 at 06:15 PM PDT
with 67 Recommends
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