[Currency fact 1] After World War II, Denmark declined an offer of $100,000,000 from the United States to buy Greenland.
[Currency fact 2] 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 3] The Yapese people on the Micronesian island of Yap use large stone "coins" for money which can weigh up to 8,800 lbs. Rather than move them, they usually just keep track of who the owner is. When one was lost at sea, people continued to "trade" it even though it was never recovered, since they all agreed it must still exist.
[Currency fact 4] The US Mint used to produce a silver three cent coin between 1851 to 1872 known as a “trime.”
[Currency fact 5] The US Treasury planned to replace Alexander Hamilton's face on the $10 bill with a notable woman (Harriet Tubman) from US history but decided to instead change Jackson's face on the $20 bill, almost entirely due to the popularity of "Hamilton".
[Currency fact 6] 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.
[Currency fact 7] For free, the US Treasury Department provides blind US citizens with a machine that can read their currency for them. 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 8] A pound of any combination of dimes, quarters, and half-dollars is worth $20.
[Currency fact 9] Dictator Robert Mugabe tried to stop a critic of Zimbabwe's hyperinflation by levying ridiculous taxes on his newspaper; the writer retaliated with advertisements printed on trillion-dollar-bills, which was cheaper than actual paper.
[Currency fact 10] Canada has a $300 Gold Coin with a Narwhal on it.
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