on the US dollar bill? what does it represnt?
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don't believe them, do some research! google it
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The value of the dollar is directly related to the amount of debt our government carries. As an example:\nin 1999 when we were paying down our debt $1US=.618 British pound\ntoday, with our massive debt $1US=0.5483 British pound\n\nThe higher our national debt goes, the less our money, backed by the US government, is worth to the world.
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With any old currency - the Blackbook Guide to US paper money is a good guide.  You should actually list the bank,the signatures, the color of the seal and the condition on old currency - you need that information for accurate identification.\n\nSince you listed 1950 Fed Reserve Note, I am assuming your signatures are Clark-Snyder, and there is a green seal on the bill.  My Blackbook tells me IF the condition is at least Very Fine the bill could be worth $30 (2002 edition).\n\nTypically, you will actually sell a bill for a bit less.
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First, it's worth it to say that no country uses the gold standard anymore.\n\nA gold standard is a money system in which the paper currency is worth a fixed weight of gold. In the U.S., back when dollars, half-dollars, quarters and dimes were really made of silver, nickels of nickel and pennies of copper (all precious metals), paper bills were actually Gold and Silver Certificates, meaning they were directly exchangeable for equivalent amounts of gold and silver, coins or otherwise.  \n\nEver notice that the edges of traditionally silver and gold coins are ridged?  This was to prevent people from "shaving" the coins, thereby reducing their weight and therefore, their value.  Remember, weight = value in the gold standard system.  A dime was 10 cents worth of gold/silver weight; a quarter, 25 cents worth of gold/silver weight, which accounts for the difference in size.\n\nUsing the gold standard means that there has to be enough gold in reserve to effectually "cash-in" all paper money in the system.  Fort Knox was and still is the United States' primary respository for gold.\n\nWhen a country abandons a hard currency system (i.e., the gold standard), it issues what is called a "fiat" currency.  Our Federal Reserve Notes are an example of a fiat currency.  This means that you can no longer exchange a paper note for gold or silver.  The value of our money is instead guaranteed by the government.  That's why our money states that it is legal tender for all debts public and private. That means that no one can refuse to accept a paper bill in payment for goods or services.  \n\nThat may not sound so ominous nowadays, but even back in the 1950's, I remember people who would adamantly refuse to accept change in fiat paper money (federal reserve notes).  The government really only facilitated the acceptance of federal reserve notes when it outlawed and recalled all Silver certificates in 1964.  All redemption stopped in 1968.  Gold Certificates were forfeit in 1933 and for a long time, except for collector coins, it was illegal for private citizens to hold gold or gold certificates.  \n\nSome currencies, like the U.S. dollar and the British Pound Sterling, because of their government's stability, eventually came to be seen as "hard currencies" in themselves.  Most other nations based or "floated" the value of their own currencies against the value of the U.S. dollar or the British Pound Sterling.\n\nTwo good sites to peruse about money and money systems are http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiat_currency\nand\nhttp://www.ronscurrency.com/
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Just think, the money we use is "fiduciary" money. The key word here is fiduciary, since the value of the money we hold is based on the trust people have that the central bank will keep faith (fides) and pay as promised. In short, money has value because we believe it does.\n\nSo technically, if you could reproduce the manufacturing process and produce a dollar bill that is 100% identical to that of the government, the only real difference is that your bill is illegal, while the government's is legal. That's because the government is the only entity that is "allowed" to print paper money. Let's face it, if everyone could legally print money, it would indeed lose all its value as a means of exchange.\n\nThere really is no other difference.
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Maybe you should keep it, if the government stops making them, it might be worth more.  Right now a two dollar bill is only worth $2.
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Because...\n\nEver pay toll? Keeping track of quarters is such a pain in the tuckus! Dollar coins are so much easier. Dollar bills also wear and tear pretty easy and end up being more expensive in the long run...since there are SO many of them (moreso than other denominations)...so a dollar coin might be more resilliant and worth while.\n\nBut that is just my guess...
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Yes. A dollar is equal to 100 cents.
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"In God We Trust" was not placed on the bill until 1957. However, it was originally made the national motto of the United States in 1863 at the suggestion of Treasury Secretary Salmon P. Chase, who himself had supposedly been prompted to do so by a protestant minister concerned with the waning of religious fervor in the American public. This man purportedly wanted to ensure that the US would always be officially grounded in faith in divine Providence, and thus this motto was put on all American coins ever since, although it did not appear on paper currency until much later. But "In God We Trust" is indeed a Masonic motto – one used in almost all Masonic rituals, in which the participants must pledge to always put their "trust in God" during the ceremonies – and this specific phrase can be found in Masonic dictionaries. Its appearance on the dollar bill in the 1950s may have been meant to bolster a currency increasingly dependent on faith due to changes in American monetary policy.\n\nRoosevelt  had laws passed forcing US citizens to give all of the gold and silver that they owned to the government.\nNixon in 1971, closed the "gold window", announcing that the holdings of foreign central banks would no longer be redeemed for gold by the US government. \nThis was the final step in abandoning the gold standard. Now the value of the dollar floats freely in relation to foreign currencies, with no fixed standard of value. \nSo the dollar that we now use is one backed entirely by faith alone – the public's faith in America's economy, and America itself.
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There's no such thing as "your money".  I know this sounds... strange, but it belongs to the federal government.  Just like your license plate, mail box, and anything else CONNECTED or RELATED to the government.  So if you kick you license plate and bend it, it's illegal.  If you knock over a mailbox - it's illegal.  If you shread a dollar bill, it's illegal, but not like anyone's going to arrest you :P
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The present denominations of our currency in production are $1, $2, $5, $10, $20, $50 and $100. The purpose of the United States currency system is to serve the needs of the public and these denominations meet that goal. Our present currency in circulation satisfies the public at large, and the Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP) has no plans to change the denominations in use today. (excluding coins)
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you're a few years behind. German Marks no longer exist. They're replaced by euro. 150 US dollars are worth 117,34 euro at present.
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Not even the president can decide who goes on the bills.  The mint does that (http://www.usmint.gov/).  The problem is that all of the bills are taken – they have someone on them, and those someones are revered “founding fathers.”  The only way to get on a bill is therefore to 1) get the mint to create a new denomination (you mentioned the 25 dollars bill.  That may be one way to go, but I think the baetter way is hope inflation creates a demand for a 500 USD bil, since we already have a 20-dollar bill) and then convince them you should be on it or 2) disgrace and discredit the memory of any of those men to such a degree that the mint doesn’t want to honor them by putting them on the bill, and then convince the mint to put your face on it 3) Do something so great for Ameriac that is considered even more important than the services done America by the people already on the bills (win a war of independence, end a civil war, write the declaration of independence, draft the constitution, etc.).  \n\nIn any case there is one more thing you would have to do; die.  Money is like monuments on the mall in Washington DC>  It is prohibited to honor a specific person while they are alive or for 25 years after their death.  This is to make sure that their legacy is so great it still continues and they are still revered, and not that hype made them seem more important than they are.  There are only so many spaces for monuments on the mall, and there are only so many bills to put faces on, and moth represent the United States, so the final decision makers want to be sure.  Even Regan hasn’t been able to overcome this time-limit (although supporters have tried), so you’d have to do something pretty spectacular. The founding fathers themselves didn’t get to be on the money while they were alive and founding.
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My wife likes to point out that something for $1.99 costs "a dollar." So it works on some people. She is from a foreign country though, so maybe it's that?
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Based on the live mid-market rate on Jan. 26, 2006:\n\n1.00 USD (United States Dollars) = 1.00 BSD (Bahamas Dollars)\n\nAlso:\n\n"In The Bahamas, the legal tender is the Bahamian dollar (B$1), which is equivalent in value to the U.S. dollar. Even though The Bahamas mint and circulate their own legal tender, both U.S. and Bahamian dollars are accepted interchangeably throughout the islands.\n\nVisitors from the U.S. enjoy the convenience of not having to exchange currency before leaving for vacation."
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A high inflation rate lowers the value of the dollar.  More foreigners by U.S. goods and less Americans buy foreign goods.  \n\nAmericans making a fixed wage can not purchase as many goods with inflation as they could previously.
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American money doesn't become outdated but it does become worn and then it is destroyed and new money is printed to replace it.It doesn't matter how old it is.As long as it is in good shape it will stay in circulation.