Two Dollar Bills Spurned For 85 Years By Treasury
Treasury officials say the public shuns the two dollar bill as bad luck and recall its history dating to 1862. The write up notes wartime use to curb hoarding and explains mutilated bill rules, with a total circulated value of about 62.7 million in unredeemed notes and a vast volume of twenty and ten dollar notes in circulation. The piece blends humor with fiscal trivia about currency preference.
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Bob Considine
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Uncle Samuel
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Uncle Sam's Dough: Dollar Bills Grow and Persist
Treasury reports show large money in circulation with about six and a quarter billion in small bills and nearly five billion in hundreds. The piece notes longer life of notes, March and October 1920 cash totals, and hints at publicized figures about currency types beyond common denominations.
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Denominations and Portraits on U S Currency
The speaker lists U S bill values and the pictured Americans. $100000 Woodrow Wilson, $100 Salmon Chase, $10,000 James Madison, $500 Grover Cleveland, $1,000 Grover Cleveland, and others including Franklin on the $100, Grant on the $50, Jackson on the $20, Hamilton on the ten, Lincoln on the five. He notes uncertainty about Jeffe rne.
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Salmon Chase
James Madison
Grover Cleveland
William McKinley
Franklin
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Grant
Jackson
U. S. Supply Concentrated in Six States
About 838 tons of the U S supply are produced in six states. Texas California Louisiana Oklahoma Kansas and Illinois lead the output. The article notes regional production concentration and implications for distribution.
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Oklahoma
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