Money allows you to create the most comfortable and cozy conditions for life, so most people want to be not only happy, but also rich. Each country has its own national currency. At the same time, dollars and euros are especially popular in the world because of their stable exchange rate. It is with this currency that you can easily pay in many countries of the world. Next, we suggest reading more interesting and surprising facts about money in order to usefully spend your free time.
1. A $ 100,000 banknote was issued in 1934.
2. $ 30,000 is the cost of the first $ 100,000 banknote issued in America.
3. Ads were allowed to be placed on dollar bills in 2004.
4. In 1714, the first equating of the ruble to 100 kopecks took place in Russia.
5. 500 euros is the most popular banknote in the world.
6. $ 1 to $ 20 is the most popular bill in the United States.
7. In 812, the first money appeared in China.
8. Under Ivan the Terrible the word "penny" appeared.
9. More than $ 800 billion was in circulation in the United States.
10. About 9 months there is a $ 100 banknote in circulation.
11. One million dollars weighs 10 kg if only $ 100 bills are used.
12. In 1788 Oliver Pollock created money from paper.
13. Turkey has the highest denomination of the banknote.
14. In Russia, roofing materials are made from money that has gone out of circulation.
15. Living people are prohibited from depicting on banknotes in the United States.
16. The best way to meet in China is through money.
17. Hundreds of thousands of microbes can exist on one bill.
18. Alexander the Great was the first ruler who ordered the minting of his image on coins.
19. Swedish copper coins are considered to be the heaviest copper coins in the world.
20. The heaviest copper coin was issued under Catherine I. It was 1 ruble, its weight reached 1.6 kg. dimensions 18 * 18 cm, with a thickness of 5 mm. produced in 1725-1726.
21. The Russian coin is considered the smallest in value and weight.
22. The smallest coin in the world weighs about 0.17 grams.
23. In the second half of the II millennium BC, coins were cast in the form of household items from bronze. in China.
24. Even before our era, the first paper money appeared in China.
25. The oldest bank in the world today is the Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena.
26. The Celts could borrow money with the promise that they would return it after death.
27. About 10 kg weighs in 100-dollar bills, a million dollars.
28. About 246 tons weighs in 1 cent coins a million dollars.
29. Most American dollars have traces of cocaine on them.
30. The portrait of the only woman Martha Stewart was depicted on the American currency.
31. Over 89 months - Average life expectancy of a $ 100 bill.
32. Of 75% cotton is the paper from which American banknotes are made and 25% linen.
33. Australian bills are made of special plastic.
34. In 1934, the most expensive bill issued is the $ 100,000 bill.
35. In 1923, the only gold coin was created in Russia.
36. A large number of bacteria live on money, which can cause various diseases.
37. One third of the world's population lives on less than $ 2 a day.
38. The debtor had to wear a special plate with the debt in Ancient Greece.
39. There is an estimated $ 829 billion in the US cash supply today.
40. The first paper banknotes were made only in the USA in 1861.
41. The first president to appear on the coin was Calvin Coolidge.
42. Cattle were considered the most famous form of money.
43. The Special Secret Service was founded in the United States in 1865, which is designed to fight counterfeiters.
44. The richest people in the world have lived for about 60 years.
45. In 1788, the $ symbol was coined.
46. China became the first country to start issuing paper money.
47. If the money turnover will consist of gold, then inflation can be avoided.
48. Part of the US coat of arms is the pyramid, which is depicted on the back of the banknote.
49. The city of Ithaca became the first city with its own money.
50. A lot of money is specially printed for the game "Monopoly".
51. The Federal Reserve decides on the amount of issue and destruction of money.
52. In 1862, the first $ 2 bill appeared.
53. Money is considered to be one of the main activators in the world.
54. In ancient times, the value of money was determined by the composition of the metal.
55. In 1704, 1 ruble was equated to the face value of 100 kopecks in Russia.
56. The 500 euro note is the most popular in the world.
57. In 1949, the idea of a universal credit card came up.
58. There is one tradition in Russia: a 1 kilogram gold coin is issued annually.
59. The unique coin was made of copper weighing 1.4 kg in Russia.
60. Banknotes in denominations of 1 and 20 dollars are the most common in the United States.
61. There is a bank in Saudi Arabia that employs only women.
62. In order to transport the prize of 2000 rubles in 1748, Lomonosov hired carts.
63. Nowadays it is customary to brochure bills.
64. The counterfeiters made money in Peru right in the prisons.
65. Swedish rectangular copper coins are the heaviest in the world.
66. In Alaska in the early 19th century, leather money was issued.
67. Venetian coin of the sixteenth century has the strangest name "newspaper".
68. Indian gold coin in 1654 had the highest value in the world.
69.314,000 dollars is the largest amount paid for a coin.
70. In 1725, the largest coin was issued in Russia.
71. The heaviest Russian coin weighed over 11 kilograms.
72. Since the reign of Ivan the Terrible, the penny originates.
73. Coins were minted from a special alloy of silver and gold in the 7th century BC.
74. Dried fish, cocoa beans or tea were once money.
75. In 1999, the heaviest silver coin was issued in Russia.
76. A coin featuring dinosaurs was released in Canada.
77. Coins of 10 kopecks have not changed their size for over 100 years.
78. Each standard note weighs approximately one gram.
79. To combat counterfeiters, the US Secret Service was originally created.
80. About 92% of Russians keep their money at home.
81. "Franc" is the most common currency in the world.
82. A coin worth $ 1,000,000 was minted in Canada.
83. A gold bar worth $ 3.7 million was cast in Japan.
84. Benjamin Franklin is a dollar symbol.
85. Often coins were ground at the edges so that new pieces could be made from pieces.
86. You cannot make copies of payment documents in the USA.
87. In 44 BC, the first money appeared.
88. Martha Washington is the only woman depicted on US banknotes.
89. Each bill is calculated up to 4000 fold.
90. In 1937, the first US loan was issued.
91. In 1939, the world's first ATM appeared.
92. During the American Civil War, the first paper money was issued.
93. Coins were issued with advertising texts in Belgium.
94. In the form of an instrument of labor, coins were cast in China.
95. The foundation of the modern world economy is precisely money.
96. Salt was used as money in Burma.
97. The sexiest bill in the world is considered to be the domestic “hundred-ruble”.
98. In the eighteenth century, a square-shaped coin was created.
99. In 1999, a polymer coin was issued in Romania.
100. The English king minted copper coins, which were covered with silver.
