30 Facts About Money That Will Blow Your Mind

People were initially against putting famous faces on coins

We’re so used to seeing portraits and faces on our currency today. But early coins produced by the United States used images of Liberty and the bald eagle rather than the images of prominent figures, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia. That’s because the British used pictures of the monarchs on their currency, and having just won their independence, the public didn’t want to be reminded of that.

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