(lcub) SINGLE, BUCK, GREENBACK, BILL, DEAD PRESIDENT, SMACKER, CLAM, SIMOLEON (rcub)
It costs 5.7 cents to produce a single note.
The dollar is made of a cotton and linen blend with red and blue synthetic fibers running through.
After bills are printed, they are starched to make them water-resistant and then pressed.
More than 4 billion dollar bills are in circulation.
The EYE is a symbol for divinity.
The phrase “In God We Trust” was first printed on the dollar in 1957. Before that, it was printed on coins.
Average note life spans
$1: 22 months
$5: 24 months
$10: 18 months
$20: 25 months
$50: 55 months
$100: 60 months
“ANNUIT COEPTIS” Latin for “God has favored our undertaking.”
“NOVUS ORDO SECLORUM” Interpreted to mean “a new order for the world.”
The PYRAMID represents strength and duration. The lack of a finished top signifies that the U.S. was a new and unfinished country at the time the seal was created. At the base is the Roman numeral for “1776.”
Despite its reputation as unlucky, the number 13 (which represents the original 13 colonies) figures in elements throughout the dollar bill.
THE NUMBER 13
13 arrows
13 stripes on the flag
13 steps on the pyramid
13 plumes of feathers on each of the eagle’s wings
13 leaves on the olive branch
The dollar bill represents 45% of all bills printed each year.
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Source: U.S. Bureau of Engraving and Printing and the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences.
