American currency

1. American Currency

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2. The monetary unit of the United States, one of the major reserve currencies in the world. Symbols in English texts: $. Literal

code of the currency: USD.
The US dollar also has the status of a national
currency, in some other countries, it is the US
dollar is often more (parallel) currency in the
countries where the national currency is not the
only legal tender, including cases where its own
currency is not actually used in a cash and / or
cashless circulation.
It is believed that more than 80% of world trade is
calculated in US dollars

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Appearance
Every day in the United States produces about 35 million banknotes of
various denominations, totaling approximately 635 million dollars. 95% of
the banknotes are printed annually, are used to replace worn-out money.

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The first woman, whose portrait was struck on the American coin was Queen
Isabella of Spain. This happened in 1926. The first American so honored was
the Martha Washington. In 1886 and 1891 her portrait was printed on onedollar silver certificate. In many American colleges in use their own currencies
students.

5. Banknotes in denominations of one million dollars does not exist, and never has been!There is only banknotes with face value of

Banknotes in denominations of one million dollars does not
exist, and never has been!There is only banknotes with face
value of one hundred thousand. They are usedexclusively
for carrying out banking operations.

6. The first federal building, which has built the US government, was the Mint in 1973 .. Money, or rather a lot of money - this

The first federal building, which has built the US government, was the Mint in
1973 .. Money, or rather a lot of money - this is what dreams of the majority of
ordinary citizens. Therefore, such a popular and enjoy the
lottery. Although, according to statistics, the chance to break a big jackpot are
only one in ten million.