Bills and Coins Unlimited

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1. Which man is on the $2 bill? Answer: (Two Words- first and last names)

2. There are many different paper currency notes in circulation. If high enough, they are illegal to own. What is the largest bill that a civilian can possess legally? $10,000 bill $1,000 bill $500 bill $50,000 bill

3. Who is on the $10,000 Answer: (Not a president)

4. What was the last year that the wheat penny, pennies with two grains of wheat instead of the Lincoln Memorial, was minted? 1955 1959 1958 1961

5. Who designed the standing liberty quarter that was made from 1916-1930? Herbert Hoover Hermon A. MacNeil Nelson P. Gordon Robert M. LaFolette

6. This is one of those questions that's so easy it's hard. No cheating. Tell me which way Lincoln is facing on the penny. Answer: (Left or Right)

7. In what year was the last half-cent coin minted? 1857 1808 1836 1797

8. If you look at the top of a dollar bill, it will read 'Federal Reserve Note'. Before the gold standard was abolished by FDR during the Great Depression, what did it read on dollar bills? Answer: (Two Words)

9. Martha Washington has been featured on a $1 silver certificate in the past. True False

10. Alexander Hamilton, the man on the $10 bill, was never president. He was the first Secretary of the Treasury. Why didn't he run for president? Did not live to be old enough Not a U.S. citizen Came from a poor family Chose not to run

11. President William McKinley appears on the $500 bill. He was the president that preceded Theodore Roosevelt. True False

12. What famous landmark is on the back of the $100 bill? Statue of Liberty Library of Congress Supreme Court Independence Hall

13. In colonial America, four main crops were grown by colonists. All of these crops have appeared on U.S. currency in the past. They are? Corn, cotton, barley, tobacco Corn, cotton, wheat, tobacco Tomatoes, cotton, wheat, tobacco Potatoes, barley, cotton, tobacco

14. Are Civil War era Demand Notes still valid today? Yes, for face value Yes, if legible Yes, for half value Yes, except in Virginia

15. What person was responsible for the banning of portraits of living people on all currency, paper and coin? Abraham Lincoln Susan B. Anthony Spencer M. Clark Salmon P. Chase