what does the pyramid symbol on back of the dollar bill mean?
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'Tis the All-Seeing Eye of the Masons!
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the eye is the all seeing eye of God, Pyramid reflects the fascination with rosicrucianism at the time.Novus ordo seclorum means the "new world order." There are also symbols of Israel united with the 13 colonies \n\nthe cloud above the eagle represents the shekina cloud of glory over Israel. and the star inside the cloud is the star of david with 12 stars to represent the 12 tribes of Israel..Toward the end of the american revolution, Geroge Washington obtained financial help from Jews both in the united States and in europe to finsh the war.  They were critical in help the colonies win and establish the nation. They are given this recognition on the emblem. This country then owes its existence to the nation of Israel and today we still protect ISrael in return.  There is a historical bond between america and the jewish nation in the quest for freedom adn peace.
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It's a triangle, which is the capital Greek letter delta. It's the mathematical symbol for change. It looks like this: Δ
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U.S. currency features something known as "series dates." A series date does not indicate the year a particular bill was printed, but rather the date of the design featured on that bill. That is, if the $5 bill were redesigned in 1929, all subsequent $5 bills issued using that design would be marked "Series 1929," regardless of when they were actually printed. (When a minor change is made to a bill's features — such as a substitution of signatures due to the appointment of a new Treasurer of the United States or Secretary of the Treasury — the series year remains the same, but a letter is appended to it. Thus a minor change to "Series 1929" currency would result in bills marked "Series 1929A.") \n\nSmall wonder, then, that some people assumed the 2006 release of newly-redesigned $10 bills bearing a legend reading "Series 2004" was the product of some sort of printing error. \n\nThe series date isn't an error, though. Although the most recent re-designs of the $10, $20, and $50 bills were authorized for 2004, the release of the denominations incorporating these new designs was (as in the previous wave of currency re-designs in 1996-2000) staggered across several years. Thus, although all three denominations bearing the latest designs are technically "Series 2004" bills, the newest $20 bills were first put into circulation at the end of 2003, the new $50 bill was first released at the end of 2004, and the new $10 bill wasn't issued until March 2006. Confusing, perhaps, but not a mistake as far as the U.S. Bureau of Engraving and Printing is concerned.
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It is the year that quarter was minted, or made. You will notice a year like that on every coin and dollar bill. I think it is pretty cool when I find really old pennies.
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Loon.  That's why their dollar coins are called "loonies", because the loon is pictured on them.
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incredibly interesting.. never heard it though - i really haven't studied the koran as much as i'd like. \nthe beak - could be the pheonix or the eagle\ni think before 1751 on the american dollar, we had an eagle who looked more like a pheonix, and by many people it was one.\nis alot of masonic symbol crap that has me thinking lately. why do we have 13 stars on coins? it's been a LONG time since we had 13 states. who in the world came up with the idea of putting the eye of ra on the dollar? of the latin? masonic symbols are EVERYWHERE! SG1 uses 'em slightly in the command center on the wall... Legend of Zoro was very cool; it showed a conspiracy about the 'knights of aaragon' (templars/masons).. and if you still the pages of the open book - its got mason picture symbols.... lets see.. Jehovas witnesses & mormons were made by masonry - i have proof of that.. but i'm a little off subject. im me as you like
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money in general but us dollar specifically .\n****************************\nThe sign is attested in business correspondence between British North America and Mexico in the 1770s as referring to the Spanish-Mexican piastre. The piastre was known as "Spanish dollar" in British North America, and in 1785, it was adopted as U.S. currency, together with both the term "dollar" and the $ sign.\n\nThe sign's ultimate origins are not certain. The most widely accepted explanation, according to the U.S. Bureau of Engraving and Printing, is that "$" is a corruption of the letters "PS" or "PS" (for 'peso' or 'piastre' - especially the former, as each letter could represent each syllable of "Pe-So") written over each other in Spanish. Eventually, the 'P' was reduced to a vertical line.\n\nAnother possibility is that it derives from the British notation 8/ for eight shilling, referring to the Spanish 8 reales coin ("piece of eight"), which later became the USA dollar. Others derive it from the Portuguese Cifrão sign &#92;mathrm{S}&#92;!&#92;!&#92;!&#92;Vert.\nStill another explanation holds that the dollar sign is derived from (or at least inspired by) the mint mark on Spanish colonial silver coins ("real" or "piece of eight") that were minted in Potosí (in present day Bolivia). The mint mark was composed of the letters "PTSI" superimposed on one another, and bears an undeniable resemblance to the single-stroke dollar sign (see picture). The Potosí mine is generally accepted as having been the largest single silver strike in history, and silver coins minted in Potosí would have been in common use in colonial America.\n\nEarliest usage wrote the sign with a single vertical stroke. For some time, the double-stroke symbol &#92;mathrm{S}&#92;!&#92;!&#92;!&#92;Vert was common, but is now again falling out of use\n*******************************\nIt is sometimes said that the dollar sign's origin is a narrow\n"U" superimposed over a wide "S", "U.S." being short for "United\nStates."  This is wrong, and the correct explanation also tells why\nthe $ sign is used both for dollars and for pesos in various\ncountries.  The explanation is not widely known, maybe because not\nmany people would think to look for it in a book called A History\nof Mathematical Notations, Volume II: Notations Mainly in Higher\nMathematics by Florian Cajori (published in 1929 and reprinted in\n1952, by Open Court Press).  Cajori acknowledges the "U.S." theory\nand a number of others, but, after examining many 18th-century\nmanuscripts, finds that there is simply no evidence to support those\ntheories.\n\n   Spanish pesos were also called piastres, Spanish dollars, and\npieces of eight.  (The piece of eight was so called because its\nvalue was eight reales.  Some countries made one-real coins by\nslicing pieces of eight into eight sectors; the still-current U.S.\nslang "two bits" for a quarter of a dollar may refer to this,\nalthough "bit" denoting any small coin -- as in "threepenny bit" --\nwas already in use.)  The coins were circulated in many parts of the\nworld, much as U.S. dollars are today.  The coins were so well known\nthat, when the U.S. got around to issuing its own silver coinage\n(U.S. dollar coins first appeared in 1794), it simply replicated the\nSpanish unit's weight and hence value, and even one of its names; so\nit was natural to use the same symbol.\n\n   Since three of the four names given above for the Spanish dollar\nstart with p (and pluralize with s), it was natural for\nabbreviations like p and ps to be used.  Sometimes ps was written\n    s\nas P  -- P with a superscript s.  The superscript was a common way\nof rendering abbreviated endings of words -- we see vestiges of it\ntoday in the way some people write "10th".  Now,
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It is when the dollar assumes status of primary reserve currency in the international financial architecture.  It prevents exporting nations from spending domestic dollars they earn from the U.S. trade deficit and forces them to finance U.S. capital surplus.  This sends wealth to the U.S. in exchange for the privelege of financing U.S. debt to further develop the U.S. economy.\n\nThanks for asking this, had never heard of it so I learned something new today!  I just had to look it up when I read it, make sure you weren't making something up.  :)  No offense intended.
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The URL of the Image for the US Ten Tousand Dollar Bill is\nhttp://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/2f/Chase_10000_obverse.jpg. The ten thousand dollar bill features a portrait of Salmon P. Chase on its front.
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TEN DOLLAR BILL:\n\n"REDESIGNED $10 NOTE STARTS CIRCULATING TODAY\nU.S. Treasury, Federal Reserve Board and U.S. Secret Service Officials Spend First New $10 at the National Archives\n\nWashington - March 2, 2006 - The redesigned $10 note entered circulation today at the National Archives, home of the U.S. Constitution, which figures prominently in the new note’s design.\n\nOn its first day in circulation, officials from the U.S. Treasury, Federal Reserve Board and U.S. Secret Service used a new $10 note to purchase a pocket-sized copy of the U.S. Constitution at the National Archives Shop. The phrase "We the People" from the U.S. Constitution is featured on the face of the new $10 note. Images of the Statue of Liberty’s torch are also incorporated into the new design.\n\nToday is the redesigned $10 note’s day of issue, the day the Federal Reserve System begins delivering the new notes to commercial banks for distribution to businesses and the public worldwide. The notes will begin circulating immediately in the United States and will then be introduced in other countries in the days and weeks ahead, as international banks place orders for $10 notes from the Federal Reserve.\n\n"Staying ahead of would-be counterfeiters is a top priority of the U.S. government, and in order to do that, our currency will need to be redesigned every seven to 10 years," said United States Treasurer Anna Cabral. "Through the introduction of new designs with state-of-the-art security features, we will continue to safeguard the integrity of U.S. currency and help protect businesses and consumers."\n\nThe new $10 note incorporates easy-to-use security features for people to check their money and subtle background colors in shades of orange, yellow and red. \n\nWhile consumers should not use color to check the authenticity of their currency, color does add complexity to the note, making counterfeiting more difficult. Different colors are being used for different denominations, which will help everyone – particularly those who are visually impaired – to tell denominations apart. \n\n"In addition to recognizing the design elements and enhanced security features of the new $10 note, it is important for the public to know they will not need to trade in old notes for new ones," said Michael Lambert, Assistant Director of Federal Reserve Bank Operations and Payment Systems. "Older-design notes will maintain their full face value." \n\nSince unveiling the new $10 note design last September, the U.S. government has distributed more than 10 million pieces of educational material with information about the new $10 note to prepare businesses, stakeholder organizations and consumers worldwide for the new note’s issue. \n\n"Each time we issue a redesigned denomination, our goal is to ensure its smooth transition into daily commerce both domestically and abroad," said Bureau of Engraving and Printing Director Larry Felix. "Over the past six months, we have worked with manufacturers of ATMs and other machines that receive and dispense cash, as well as retailers, small businesses and international governments, so that they may prepare for today’s day of issue of the redesigned $10 note." \n\n"As the permanent home of the U.S. Constitution, the National Archives is pleased that the U.S. Treasury has featured the Constitution in the new $10 bill," said Archivist of the United States Allen Weinstein.\n\nThe new $10 note – like the redesigned $20 and $50 that preceded it – incorporates stateof- the-art security features to combat counterfeiting, including three that are easy to use by cash handlers and consumers alike: \n\nColor-shifting ink: Tilt your ten to check that the numeral "10" in the lower righthand corner on the face of the note changes color from copper to green. \nWatermark: Hold the note up to the light to see if a faint image of Treasury Secretar
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On American money the year of issue is printed on each bill and coin, did you try looking at your money for issue dates? That would be a good place to start..........
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There is a description of the symbols and their meaning at the US Mint website, here:\n\nhttp://www.usmint.gov/mint_programs/50sq_program/states/index.cfm?state=NY
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It means "telegraphic transfer". American translation = "wiring money"
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As one of my finance professors so clearly stated it... "In God We Trust".  It is on every piece of paper and coin in the US.  There is no backing or "gold standard" of the almighty dollar anymore.  It is really just a highly accepted form of trade for a common tool for bartering.
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The eye and the pyramid shown on the reverse side of the one-dollar bill are in the Great Seal of the United States. The explanation of having a pyramid on the Great Seal is that it symbolizes strength and durability. The unfinished pyramid means that the United States will always grow, improve and build. \n\nThe "All-Seeing Eye" located above the pyramid suggests the importance of divine guidance in favor of the American cause.
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Because the US Dollar is more widely held than any other currency in thr world.  The people compilying the currency list know that a large number of people who check the list will only be interested in the Dollar, so they put it first.