All About The Benjamins

By  |  January 22, 2013
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Despite the increasing use of electronic forms of payments, cash is most certainly not dead. In fact, approximately 35 million notes were produced per day last year with a face value of approximately $1.5 billion.

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    As consumers are barraged with new technology, it’s easy to overlook some of the more interesting developments in currency — including the new $100 bills we discussed yesterday.

    Money has been around for thousands of years and a recent blog revealed 10 fun facts about its history. Did you know there is a coin worth $3.7 million because it was manufactured by a rogue mint employee who only made 5 coins? Or how about that some of the earliest forms of currency come in the form of shards of obsidian used in ancient Turkey as far back as 12,000 B.C.? Check out the infographic below to learn more!


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