Here is part two of three on Fascinating Facts on U.S. currency:
12. A farm in Delaware mulches more than 4 tons of U.S. cash into compost every day.
13. A website called "Where's George?" can track where a bill has been via its serial number.
14. Featured on the bison nickel is an image of Chief Iron Tail, Oglala Lakota.
15. "Silly Head" is the popular name for a U.S. cent minted in 1839, because people thought the picture of Miss Liberty looked silly.
16. The rare 1913 Liberty Head nickel was printed by a rogue mint employee who made only five of the coins.
17. A quarter dollar has 119 grooves around the edges.
18. The "All-seeing eye" was included as a reflection of Divine Providence. The Latin below the pyramid on the $1 bill, NOVUS ORDO SECLORUM, means "A NEW ORDER FOR THE AGES".
19. 90% of the bills have been contaminated by cocaine.
20. A $1 bill has 13 arrows, 13 leaves in the olive branch, 13 stars and 13 stripes on the shield, which represent the original 13 colonies.
21. Both "Ferris Wheel" and "Cartwheel" are nicknames for US silver dollars.
22. A stack of dollar bills one mile high would be worth 14.5 million dollar.
Tomorrow comes the third and final part on this series of posts. Stay tuned!
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