When a bank receives a note that is in poor condition, it is returned to the federal reserve and it is ultimately burned and replaced. Most notes have a short lifespan of less than 10 years. Coins circulate much longer.

I was aware of the owl on the one dollar bill since I was a little kid, but it TOTALLY looks like a spider to me.😅

We have $1 dollar coins but they are more of a collectible item. Most people don’t use them but they are accepted as tender

We have $1 coins too. We also have 50 cent coins, but they are very rare.

We DO have $1 coins, but they're not particularly popular and $1 bills are far more common. We used to have half-dollar coins and you can occasionally still find one, but they haven't been minted in many years now and are collectors items. US currency (bills) is printed at an amazing rate. But old bills aren't just used till they are worn out. As bills get worn out/damaged they are gathered by banks and shipped to the Treasury Department to be destroyed by burning and replaced by new bills.

With our original 13 states you can see why there are so many 13s in our currency. So happy we have so much meaning in our currency.

Yes we have one dollar coins. Two different ones in circulation currently, but they arent used very much... you get them from vending machines and self check outs mostly.

Some years back I bought sheets of bills after touring a mint. It was funny to ask for a pair of scissors at a restaurant later that night to pay the check.

The coin blanks used to be made at Olin Brass in East Alton, Illinois. Olin Brass also made the brass for Winchester ammunition. Olin Brass also made coin blanks for foreign mints.

For coins we have the Penny (1 cent), Nickel (5 cents), Dime (10 cents), Quarter (25 cents), Half Dollar (50 cents), and Dollar (100 cents). The latter two aren't used commonly though. The dollar coin used to be too large and when they redesigned it, the new dollar coin was too close to the size of a quarter, so people don't normally carry them since it's too easy to mistake it for a quarter. They haven't seemed to come up with a dollar coin that has caught on yet in the US.

In theory, new bills are only released to replace bills that are taken out of circulation (usually at banks) because they are well worn. However, they also have to account for bills that are damaged or lost and not returned to be replaced.

Have you guys seen the $20 bill trick? with the pentagon and towers? crazy!!

Fun fact, we write a website on the bills to follow when a single bill travels. It fun’s!

If you fold the $1 bill just right, touching the seals to each other, then crease them together, fold along the opposite line, then flip it over and fold it in half again… …you’ll really annoy the cashier.

This is pretty legit video. Founding fathers are well known freemasons. When I was in the US Airforce, our Sergeant was a free Mason. I also visited the freemason temple in NYC on a guided tour.

i have a 2 daller bill printed in1979 from st.louis bank, 1941, 1942, and 1943 nickels. also some pines from early 30's and 40's.

We have older silver dollar coins, Sacagawea dollar that looks like gold. Susan B Anthony are dollar coins too. Nowadays its rare to see. Iown a 2 cent and 2 types of 3 cent pieces. One is silver. They were made in the 1800s. And we have $2 bills.

I worked in banking for several years and really enjoyed studying the details on our currency. It's fun to search the bills and wonder what the meaning is behind some of the contents. After a while I just decided that the money designers looked for a way to keep their descendants thinking about American history.

Thanks for reminding me about the way currency is made. I looked at a one dollar bill with a magnifying glass & there really are 13 lines at the top of the shield. In the lines going downward each of the dark lines are comprised of three lines each. Bills greater than a dollar have watermarks. A picture of whoever is printed on the bill that can be seen from both sides when held up to a light. The $10 and higher have numbers in the lower left part whose color shifts as you tilt them and $5 and higher have micro-printing that some areas that I can't see without a magnifier.

Yes there are $1 coins 1, 5, 10, 25, 50 cent coins as well

Can't wait for baby Beesley

The foilage around the seals on the back of the dollar represent acanthus leaves, famous as carved in stone at the top of columns in the Corinthian order of classical architecture. Supposedly the style was first inspired by an architect seeing an acanthus growing up and through a votive offering by a child's grave, but I think also that it represents hope, since in winter the acanthus loses its lush green leaves and seed fronds, with only the hidden root remaining alive, to later grow and bloom again the next spring.

Also, unlike many countries, including the UK, the United States does not make ANY issued notes obsolete and are always good in circulation. So, in theory you could spend the first ever dollar bill issued called greenbacks made in the 1860s, I wouldn't recommend it since they are worth much more than their face value to collectors.

My sister in law worked in a federal bank years ago till she retired, and part of her job was to do preliminary sorting of money to remove the bills that had deteriorated to the point that it had to be destroyed. She gave us a bag of shredded money about the size of a small pillow the bank let them give out to family and friends. We have a picture of her sitting in a room with stacks of money all around her....over a million dollars she said. The room had big glass windows. There had to be three people working in the room at the same time, and you never knew till you entered each day which other two people would be in there with you. By the way. You can exchange damaged bills if you have the major parts. If you have one torn in two, you must have the largest of the two pieces to exchange for a good bill. Counterfeit money shows up now and then...usually $20 bills, but can be $5 or $10. I think $100 bills are fairly hard to pass because most people check them closely. Also, you can buy full uncut sheets of money. I don't know what denominations other than $1 you can get. I think they are about the size of a poster board like children get for school. There are $500 and $1000 bills, and I think a few larger. A friend (very rich obviously) brought in to the restaurant I used to visit ten $1000 bills to show the owner and I. He said when banks move any of these large bills, they hire private companies with guards to make the transfers. Our bills used to say, if dollars: One Dollar in Silver Payable to the Bearer on Demand. They were called Silver Certificates. However, that is not true now. The bills are still usable, but the bank does not give silver now. We also still have $2 bills, which most people don't like. Coins were mostly made of Silver untill 1964 (I think). They were then sandwiched by silver plate over copper. (I think!) And now, unless you buy collector silver coins, there is no silver in our coins. (I think! LOL) Also, I have read that it costs the government more to make a penny than each one is worth so now and then suggestions are raised to eliminate the penny.

Silver dollar is rare. Used mostly in the Midwest during 60-70’s.

If you look at the eagle when he is talking about the 13 stripes, it changes to a version that looks more like a cartoon. That is to provide a focal point for each part he examines and talks about.

Also 13 leaves in the branch with the 13 berries that the eagle is holding.

There are several varieties of the $1 coin. These are great and much preferable to the paper note (opinions differ). Technically, we also have $5, $10, $25, $50, and $100 coinage but the larger denominations are struck using precious metals and are more valuable for their gold, silver, platinum, and palladium content.

So coins. 1 cent or penny, a nickel or 5 cents, a dime or 10 cents, and a quarter or 25 cents. There are uncommon coins also. Half dollar or 50 cents and 1 dollar or Sacagawea coin. Notes the one dollar which equals 100 pennies or cents. 5, 10, 20, 50, and 100. Less common are 2-dollar, 1,000 and 10,000 notes. I believe that the go higher also. But the lager of the notes are used for banking purpose and not used very often. Hope this helps.

We have $1 coins but they’re not commonly used. Our coins are penny(1 cent), nickel(5 cents), dime(10 cents), and quarter(25 cents). We also have a 50 cent piece which you never really see at all

We do have a $1 coin but it’s not something people use in daily life. Its more of a collectors coin

I'd like that one you guys did. I've learned so much about the American dollar that I didn't know and I'm American interesting thanks.

denominations in regular use : Coins : 0.01, 0.05, 0.10, 0.25, 0.50, 1 Bills : 1, 2*, 5, 10, 20, 50, 100 there are other denominations of bills and coins, but they are either no longer printed, minted, or regularly used. the $2 bill is an exception. while it is frequently not used in day-to-day transactions, they are still easily obtainable, used by everyday people, and printed on a regular basis.

Learning about Fort Knox was also extremely revealing and shows just how protected the federal reserve is. It contains all of the US Gold reserved and is heavily defended with snipers. I believe that if someone were to bypass the external security measures then the interior measures will kick in and the vaults containing the precious metals will either fully flood themselves or release a potent toxic gas. I remember watching a documentary about it but forget which one is correct.

Yes, we do have a one dollar coin. It is a Susan B. Anthony one dollar coin, but they are no longer in circulation, because people would mistake them for quarters. They are shaped just about the same size as quarters.

i have also pulled money from pant pockets i had just washed and dried and seam to fade any at all

Palm Springs is a nice town.

If a bill gets damaged or too worn the bank takes it out of circulation and replaces it with a fresh one. Japan does this a lot more often than we do in the US. When I was there every bill I got looked brand new.

Yes, we have had Silver Dollar coins since practically forever (Seated Liberty, Standing Liberty, Walking Liberty, Susan B, Anthony, Morgans, Eisenhowers, etc), and we've also had Gold Dollar coins (Sacagawea, Liberty Head, Double Eagle, etc). CRITTER is just another word for animal ..... Any animal, large or small.

They missed a 13 refrence, on olive branch in the egales claw on the 1 dollar bill also has 13 leaves not just olive berries.

When the narrator points out the 13 berries on the olive branch, he fails to point out that there are also 13 leaves.

Yes! We have dollar coins. They just aren't that common

We have Pennie’s, Nickles, Dimes, Quarters, Half Dollars and $1 Coins. They are rare but we also have a $2.00 Bill

You know the dollar bills. It's magnetized. You can move it with a. Magnet. William s

We have 1 cent (penny), 5 cents (nickel), 10 cents (dime), 25 cents (quarter). There is a silver dollar, but not commonly used because of the weight of carrying around over paper bills. There are also $2 bills, again, not in common use. Paper money starts with $1 (singles), then 5, 10, 20, 50, 100, 500 bills and so on.

There is a $1 coin and a $1 bill. There are 50 cent pieces, quarters (25 cents), 10 cents (dimes), nickles (5 cents) and 1 cent (penny 2:28 ) and 2 cents coins

We have $1 coins, but they are not popular, it's like the Scotish 1 pound note, not really used in general circulation, but can be.

On the face of any bill is the year that the bill was printed.

We have different $1 coins, but everyone hates them. The “Carter Quarter” Susan B Anthony Dollar is easily mistaken for the quarter. The Sacagawea “Golden Dollar/Presidential series” that are more like brass coins. Silver Dollars are large coins, and most are silver. Before 1965 they were all silver. We also have the Kennedy half Dollar, before he was killed, it was Franklin on the half Dollar. Carrying lots of coins weigh you down, so cash, paper Dollars are better.

We have the Cent .01, Nickel .05 the Dime .10. Quarter .25. Half Dollar .50 and the 1 dollar coin 1.00

We have silver dollars, and a gold dollar as well

We've got $1 coins and 50 cent pieces as well

I always thought that was a spider. Welp, I'm learning.

8:35....I do collect coins, and dollar bills. I did know that. Where it's made does determine if it's worth more due to rarity, or decrease due to commonality. If it's currency from the US that's considered "collectable"

The liberty dollar is our coin variant

I have several dollar coins. Nobody likes them thiugh cuz people think they're quarters and it becomes a hassle to use.

Susan B Anthony silver dollar Not made anymore, I think people confused them with quarters 😊

Many have said that we do have dollar coins and dollar bills of course but we also have a two dollar bill although you don't see them all that often and if you want them you usually have to go to the bank. Also currently the largest bill in circulation is 100 dollars at one time we also had bills of 500,1,000,5,000, and 10,000 dollars but in 1969 the Federal Reserve and the Department of the Treasury discontinued them due to lack of use.

If it's torn, you have to have more than 50% of a bill, but you can swap out worn out bills for fresh ones at the bank. The banks swap the worn out bills for fresh ones at the central bank (the Federal Reserve) which will replace them with newly printed bills.

I have two $1 bills printed In 1956 they will call silver certificate. They were silver certificate they were silver on one side and green on the other. Today the $1 or called Federal reserve notes.

Y'all ought to try to collect some of your money with Queen Elizabeth on it. Bet it will be collectors' items when your children are older.

Flip the 20 dollar bill over and hold up to a light, you will see Thomas Jeffersons face appear on the left side of the note.....

Symbology was important before most people learned to read, as a way of communicating (St Patrick using a three leafed clover to explain the Trinity).

We do have $1 coins but they're not very common anymore. I remember in college I had to buy a train ticket from a machine and all I had was a $20 bill. The machine gave me back like 18 $1 coins.

We also have 50 cent coins and 2 dollar bills

yes, we have $1 coin, i all ways thought it was a spider cause the background looks like spider web

Yes, there is a $1 coin but your rarely see them. We also have a $2 bill but you rarely see them either.

The free masons also came from an older group the knights temple's and also had to do with another group in the western US that the famed Jessie James belonged to

Susan B Anthony $1 coins, as well as the Sacagawea dollar coins

And we have new one dollar gold coins that are the size of a quart.

There used to be a saying about something that was not genuine that it was fake as a $2.00 bill. But, a number of years ago the United States mint started minting a $2.00 bill. So, the saying has been changed to fake as a $3.00 bill.

The train station in nyc at the metro card kiosk they give bck change in $1 coins

Yes, we have a dollar coin but we rarely use it. It's called a Sacagawea coin. It's named after a famous woman in history who helped guide Lewis and Clark on their expedition to explore the Louisiana territory. She did all of that with a baby on her back.

So I'm pretty sure I have some free masons in my family. And when my dad passed away randomly. he had $13.00 in his wallet a $10 and 3 $1s Crazy. I'm still trying to put the pieces together. Also my great grandfather and my great grandmother and her 3 daughters all worked for lockheed martin. Crazy stuff. My day used to work for Boeing and McDonald Douglas making parts for the f/18 and the apache helicopters.

U.S. had one dollar and fifty cent coins, but discontinued them, but still have 25, 10, 5 and 1 cent coins.

The currently minted $1 USD coin has a portrait of Susan B. Anthony on the obverse. There was a controversy over the size of the coin because it was so close to the size of the Quarter Dollar coin. Note that in Alighari's Divine Comedy, the nine levels are not in Heaven but in Hell. Dante used the same numbers as Enoch in attributing Seven Levels of Heaven and Nine Layers of Hell.

We have one dollar coins called silver dollars.

We have penny coins that are worth one cent, but they cost about 2.72 cents to make and distribute. We also have nickles worth five cents and they cost about 10.41 cents to make and distrubute!

The thing you gotta keep in mind with the 6 year lifespan is thats an average, some notes are kept in great condition and last longer but majority will be succumbed to the major cash orientated foundations: Shops, markets, bars, strip clubs. Most circulated money has spent time in one or several of these establishments.

The dollar bill hasn't been around for that long. It was created when the Federal Reserve was created in the early 1900's.

We got 1 dollar coins. It is golden and larger than the quarter with Sacagawea face

There were a couple recent attempts to introduce dollar coins. Americans are too used to a dollar bill to use coins again, so the attempt failed. Americans use debit cards and other methods of non-cash payments these days, so it's unlikely we'll change our ways any time soon. So there's really only four circulating coins: 1, 5, 10 and 25 cents (pennies, nickels, dimes, quarters). Dollar coins and half dollars are still minted, but only for annual coin sets, not as circulating money.

I’m American and I only knew a few of these.

"critter" = "creature"

Yes we have $1 coins

There's a reason that the 13-step pyramid isn't finished.

Yes we do have Silver dollar coins

It's not an owl or skull. It's a spider. The outside edge has a design that looks like spider webs and it's to represent the working class.

you need to watch The Men In Black the first one shows you the orians belt and all of them are good movies

Yes we have 1 dollar coins we also have or had in the past a 50 cent coins

when money is in poor condition it is sent back to federal reserve where it is destroyed and reprinted with the same serial number but they put a star next to the serial number so it is known it has been reprinted ..they are called star notes ..some star notes with significant serial number can be collectables and quite valuable

Considering what a bill goes through, I'm actually surprised it lasts longer than a few years. People end up washing their money if the leave it in their pants pockets or left their wallet in their pants pocket. Not to mention the moisture alone during the summer when people are sweating. Other wear and tear of what a bill goes through.

We have dollar coins, but they are almost always silver or gold. We also have half dollar coins that are massive in size in terms of coinage, but its been years since I've seen one.

Something you don't hear much about are $2 bills. It's very rare to see them but I know people who will get them from the bank and use them to tip waitresses for fun.

There ARE $1 coins, but they have very small circulation, and are minted very rarely. 50 cent coins also exist, but are even rarer (i don't think they've been minted in decades). I'd say almost EVERY American realizes Latin is on the bill, because the phrase "E pluribus unum" is something people have long talked about.

Yes we have one-dollar coins.

Freemason here . The owl is not one of the main symbols of the Freemasons and saying that many of the founding fathers were masons is a bit of an exaggeration. People like to put more stock in to things than they need to.

yes we half dollars coins, silver dollar coins, gold dollar coins

they last longer than 6 years i have checked the dat on some that felt new that was 8 years old just the government calls for so much back back to put out more

They regularly collect old bills and they are burned.