[Currency fact 1] The reason currency in US is green in color because U.S. Bureau of Printing and Engraving had plenty of green ink, which was durable. The color green was also associated with stability.
[Currency fact 2] For free, the US Treasury Department provides blind US citizens with a machine to read their currency for them. “The iBill is compact enough to slip into a side pocket. It can identify all US currency.” They have also developed free apps to read currency with a smartphone.
[Currency fact 3] Ne Win, the dictator of Burma (Myanmar) was obsessed with numerology. He removed 50 Kyat and 100 Kyat banknotes from circulation. Replaced them with 45 Kyat and 90 Kyat banknotes. The economic instability which followed led to a coup d'êtát in 1988.
[Currency fact 4] When Paris was under siege from a viking raid in 886 A.D., King Charles III/The Fat didn't bother fighting them. He instead paid them 700 livres (257 kg) of silver to go and raid to the then rebelling Burgundy instead.
[Currency fact 5] There are no U.S. quarters with 1975 as the mint year because commemorative 1976 bicentennial quarters were being minted early in anticipation of collectors snatching the coins from circulation.
[Currency fact 6] After World War II, Denmark declined an offer of $100,000,000 from the United States to buy Greenland.
[Currency fact 7] In 2014, Ireland was outraged after an Australian article suggested that the Irish used potatoes as a source of currency.
[Currency fact 8] 900-year-old African coins were found on the coast of Australia, making them the oldest foreign artifacts found on the continent, predating the Europeans by centuries.
[Currency fact 9] Canada has a $300 Gold Coin with a Narwhal on it.
[Currency fact 10] In Nigeria, it's common to send money to another business in cash, on a 12-hour bus ride. This is currently the cheapest way to move money.
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