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Harriet Tubman replaces Andrew Jackson on the face of $20 dollar bill

by Sarah Menendez
Apr 20, 2016
The U.S. Treasury adds some new faces to our currency.
Hamilton fans are "Satisfied" with Treasury Secretary decision to let the founding father "Stay Alive" on the $10 dollar bill. 
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Bernanke wants Andrew Jackson gone from $20 bill

by Kai Ryssdal
Jun 22, 2015
The former Fed chairman thinks Alexander Hamilton should stay put on the $10 bill.
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What's on that dollar bill? Maybe some anthrax

by Kai Ryssdal
Apr 22, 2014
Maybe you want to put down that money now.
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That creepy eye on the back of the dollar bill, explained

by Nancy Marshall-Genzer
Mar 3, 2014
You've seen it a million times without really looking at it. What is that doing there?
Why does the U.S. dollar bill have a pyramid with an eye on top?
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Money: The myth we all believe in

by Adriene Hill
Jul 12, 2013
Those pieces of paper we call cash only have value because we all believe they do. So, why does our collective faith in money actually work?
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Fiat money: It has nothing to do with the car

by Paddy Hirsch
May 22, 2013
Your dollar bill isn't worth the paper it's printed on. Why? Because it's a fiat currency. Sr. Producer Paddy Hirsch explains.
Your dollar bill isn't worth the paper it's printed on. Why? Because it's a fiat currency. Sr. Producer Paddy Hirsch explains.
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Following the money, over 3,000 miles

by Kai Ryssdal
Mar 4, 2013
In a new book, author Steve Boggan examines the life of banknote by following a $10 bill over 30 days and 3,000 miles.
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Redefining 'billfold'

by Tess Vigeland
Jul 20, 2012
A Los Angeles origami exhibit features an installation made completely out of sheets of uncut U.S. dollar bills.
Artist Sipho Mabona used the "wet folding" technique to twist and shape the locusts to make sure George Washington's faces and the words "In God We Trust" show prominently on the locusts' bodies.
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