why does the dollar bill have contradictory symbols on it?
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As far as I know, the pyramid with the (to name it correctly) "All Seeing Eye" in a triangle has nothing to do with the Austrian Illuminati of Adam Weishaupt. \nThis is a symbol of the English Freemasonry to which famous people such as Benjamin Franklin and George Washington belonged. The All Seeing Eye in a triangle is a pictorial representation of God the Freemasons name between themselves the "Great Architect of the Universe". \nThat's why this pyramyd and the All Seeing Eye are not at all in contradiction with the motto "In God We Trust", quite on the contrary. Believing in God is one of the conditions of entering the universal Freemasonery as member. \nHowever, it exists a minority of foreign Masonic lodges inspired by French revolutionarian leftist ideology whose admission in it require to be atheist, and even anti-clerical. Such is the case of the French Grand Orient De France (GODF), Grand Loge de France and Loge Opera. These last atheist lodges (which counts altogether about 80,000 to 130,000 members) and the official speculative Freemasonery of English origin, which count several millions members troughout the world, do not entertain good relationship with each other. Masonic lodges and Masonic membership are forbiden in some countries ruled by authoritarian regimes.\n\n\nWhat's follows are excerpts from wikipedia.org. \n\nThe first Grand Lodge in Freemasonry was founded in 1717 when four existing Lodges met at the Goose & Gridiron Alehouse in London to form the governing body.\n\nGenerally to be a regular Freemason, one must:\n\nBe a man who comes of his own free will. \nTraditionally Freemasons do not actively recruit new members. \nBelieve in a Supreme Being, or, in a few jurisdictions, a Creative Principle. \nBe at least the minimum age (18–25 years depending on the jurisdiction, but commonly 21). \nBe of sound mind, body and of good morals, and of good repute. \nBe free (or "born free", i.e. not born a slave or bondsman). \nHave one or two references from current Masons (depending on jurisdiction). \n\nFreemasons collect money internally which is attributed to charitable purposes. A number of structures exist within Freemasonry to disburse this money, a proportion of which goes to non-Masonic charities either locally or on a provincial or national basis.\n\nMasonic charities include:\n\nHomes which provide sheltered housing or nursing care. \nEducation with both educational grants[29] or residential education which are open to all and not limited to the families of Freemasons. \nMedical assistance.\n\nA great schism in Freemasonry did occur, however, in the years following 1877, when the Grand Orient de France (GOdF) started accepting atheists unreservedly. While the issue of atheism is probably the greatest single factor in the split with the GOdF, the English also point to the French recognition of women's Masonry and co-Masonry, as well as the tendency of French Masons to be more willing to discuss religion and politics in Lodge. While the French curtail such discussion, they do not ban it as outright as do the English. The schism between the two branches has occasionally been breached for short periods of time, especially during the First World War when American Masons overseas wanted to be able to visit French Lodges.\n\nConcerning religious requirements, the oldest constitution found in Freemasonry — that of Anderson, 1723 — says that a Mason "will never be a stupid Atheist nor an irreligious Libertine" if he "rightly understands the Art". The only religious requirement was "that Religion in which all Men agree, leaving their particular Opinions to themselves". Masons debate as to whether "stupid" and "irreligious" are meant as necessary, or as accidental, modifiers of "atheist" and "libertine". It is possible the ambiguity is intentional.\n\nPerhaps influenced by the assertion of
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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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There are several denominations of currency notes that are no longer produced. These include the $500 bill with the portrait of William McKinley, the $1,000 bill with a portrait of Grover Cleveland, the $5,000 bill with a portrait of James Madison, the $10,000 bill with a portrait of Salmon P. Chase, and the $100,000 currency note bearing a portrait of Woodrow Wilson.
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You can get all the info you want on US banknotes from the Bureau of Printing and Engraving at http://www.bep.treas.gov/ & on coinage from http://www.usmint.gov/ .\n\nBTW the previous posters are correct. Jefferson is on the face of the two dollar bill and on the heads side of the nickle.
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I'm pretty sure that violates some eBay listing policy, so I wouldn't expect it to last until the end of the auction, BUT...\n\nIf they say "'one' of the denominations isn't X" that pretty much means that  the others are (a joke fully covered on an episode of Scrubs, just in case you couldn't figure it out for yourself).\n\nSo, if there are 30 bills ("at least 30" means 30), only two denominations and "one" isn't a single and "one" isn't a five, I'd say there are probably 29 ones and one five. If they want more than 34 bucks, they're ripping you off.\n\n\nEDIT: the other responder missed something--it doesn't say there are at least ten bills of EACH denomination, it says there will be no less than ten bills of ONE of the denominations. $34.
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I think that drawing on any currency (paper, coin, etc.) isn't legal, because your defacing federal property.\n\nBut I don't think anyone really cares.  It's done so often, anyway.  The governments not going to arrest you for writing on a $5 bill.  I'm sure it's discouraged, as it should be, but most people have done it.
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You're going to war over a dollar bill?
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Historically, countries have overprinted their currency, leading to devaluation, and often, dire economic crises such as depression.  A careful balance must be struck to ensure that the money in circulation does not adversely impact the economy.
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It probably just made more sense to describe the amount and then the currency.  I see some written descriptions outside the US use the currency symbol afterward, like 637$.  Maybe we should all start doing it...:-)
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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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Only to the extent that having more colors in money makes it more difficult to counterfeit. So, if there is a huge amount of counterfeiting going on, then that country will experience high inflation and loss of buying power. If they then switch to colored money (as we did) then the counterfeit bills can be removed from circulation and the money supply will go back down to where it should be.
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The main figure on the obverse, (or front), of the Seal is a Bald Eagle with its wings outstretched (or "displayed", in heraldic terms). From the eagle's perspective, it holds a bundle of thirteen arrows in its left talon, (referring to the Thirteen Colonies), and an olive branch, (having thirteen leaves and thirteen olives), in its right talon, symbolic respectively of war and peace, (see: Olive Branch Petition). The eagle has its head turned towards the olive branch, symbolizing a preference for peace. The eagle clutches the motto "E Pluribus Unum", ("Out of Many, One"), in its beak; over its head there appears a "glory" with thirteen stars on a blue field. The thirteen stars above the eagle form a Star of David.\n\nThe shield the eagle bears on its breast, though sometimes drawn incorrectly, has two main differences from the American flag. First, it has no stars on the blue chief, (though other arms based on it do: the Chief of the Arms of the United States Senate shows thirteen, and the shield sometimes used by the September 11 Commission has fifty mullets on the chief). Second, unlike the American flag, the outermost stripes are white, not red; so as not to violate the heraldic rule of "color on color." The shield is usually blazoned Paly of thirteen argent and gules, a chief azure, a technically incorrect blazon under traditional Western heraldic rules, since a shield cannot be paly, (i.e., vertically striped), of an uneven number. A more proper blazon would be argent, six pallets gules... (six red stripes on a white field). Something recognized at the time of its adoption, but the incorrect blazon was chosen since it preserves the reference to the thirteen original colonies.
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Not many bills make it out into circulation.  They are scanned by both machine and eye several times.\nValue of the 2 dollar bill is 2 dollars.  There isn't a big market of collectors for misprinted bills.
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True but only partially.  American bills are a composition of both cloth fibers and paper. This not only helps them to last longer but also deters against counterfieting. If you look closely at a bill you can see the little fibers that sometimes even have their own color.
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I just took a dollar bill to the bank that I'd had for years. I always thought if you had more than half they'd exchange it. She said they want to see at least a couple of the serial numbers on the torn side. Which mine didn't have. She still exchanged it though. \n.
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The $ sign is always before the number.\nOnly when pounds or rupees or pesos or yuan or yen... are spelt out, then they are behind the number.
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not very original, i know\n\nbut the new bills have a LITTLE color http://images.usatoday.com/money/_photos/newbill-pop2.jpg