What’s in Your Wallet? The Meaning of the What’s Printed on Our One-Dollar Bill UNT in partnership with TEA, Copyright© All rights reserved.
2 One of the world’s most familiar and circulated currencies.
3 UNT in partnership with TEA, Copyright © All rights reserved. The Path a $1 takes…….. Treasury Department Federal Reserve
4 UNT in partnership with TEA, Copyright © All rights reserved. George Washington Thomas Jefferson Abraham Lincoln Alexander Hamilton Andrew Jackson Ulysses S. Grant Benjamin Franklin
5 UNT in partnership with TEA, Copyright © All rights reserved. What about these out of circulation bills? William McKinley
6 UNT in partnership with TEA, Copyright © All rights reserved. What about these out of circulation bills? Grover Cleveland
7 UNT in partnership with TEA, Copyright © All rights reserved. What about these out of circulation bills? James Madison
8 UNT in partnership with TEA, Copyright © All rights reserved. What about these out of circulation bills? Salmon P. Chase WHO???
9 UNT in partnership with TEA, Copyright © All rights reserved. The other non-presidential face on U.S. paper currency, Salmon P. Chase served as Secretary of the Treasury in Lincoln’s cabinet from 1861 to During this time, both the national banking system and the issue of legal tender paper currency were established. Chase was also instrumental in placing “In God We Trust” on the United States currency. Now: the $100,000 question. Who was on the $100,000 bill?
10 UNT in partnership with TEA, Copyright © All rights reserved. Woodrow Wilson
11 UNT in partnership with TEA, Copyright © All rights reserved. What happens to the bills that are ripped, torn, or defaced?
12 UNT in partnership with TEA, Copyright © All rights reserved. A Closer Look
13 UNT in partnership with TEA, Copyright © All rights reserved. ● It’s not “paper” but rather a blend of 25% linen and 75% cotton. ● It has red and blue synthetic fibers woven in it. ● A special green ink blend prints on the paper. ● Symbols, seals, serial numbers, and portraits are added later. ● It is stretched, pressed, and then cut.
14 UNT in partnership with TEA, Copyright © All rights reserved. The “obverse” or front of the bill.
15 UNT in partnership with TEA, Copyright © All rights reserved. Federal Reserve District Seal
What’s in Your Wallet? 16 UNT in partnership with TEA, Copyright © All rights reserved. Balancing Scales Chevron Key 1789
17 UNT in partnership with TEA, Copyright © All rights reserved. Serial Number
18 UNT in partnership with TEA, Copyright © All rights reserved. Position Number (letter) Plate Serial Number: 57
19 UNT in partnership with TEA, Copyright © All rights reserved. Series Date ● Change in Secretary of the Treasury ● And/or change to the design When the Treasurer of the United States changes, a suffix is added. In this case, “A” indicates a change in the Treasurer. The year in which a note is printed is actually not indicated on the bill. A new series date results from :
20 UNT in partnership with TEA, Copyright © All rights reserved. Important Signatures Treasurer of United StatesSecretary of Treasury
21 UNT in partnership with TEA, Copyright © All rights reserved. The “reverse” of the dollar bill.
22 UNT in partnership with TEA, Copyright © All rights reserved. Artwork of the Great Seal Artwork by William Barton (May 1782) and Charles Thomson (June 1782) Current Seal
23 UNT in partnership with TEA, Copyright © All rights reserved. The All-Seeing Eye “He has favoured our undertakings.” “a new order of the ages” 1776 – Declaration of Independence
24 UNT in partnership with TEA, Copyright © All rights reserved. Olive branchesArrows 13 stars “One nation for many people”
25 UNT in partnership with TEA, Copyright © All rights reserved. Lucky 13?
26 UNT in partnership with TEA, Copyright © All rights reserved. Number of steps on the pyramid of the Great Seal Number of letters in “E Pluribus Unum” Number of vertical bars on the bald eagle’s shield Number of horizontal bars at the top of the bald eagle’s shield Number of leaves on the olive branch Number of berries on the olive branch Number of arrows the eagle is holding
27 UNT in partnership with TEA, Copyright © All rights reserved. The next time you open your wallet to pay for something, take time to glance over this piece of American history that carries the most powerful symbols of our country. Now you know what’s in your wallet.