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Thursday, March 22, 2018

American Money Museums - and do you know which president is on which bill?


Photos from Wikipedia, in public domain.

USA
I visited a banknotes and coin museum in Washington DC in the USA. I never really thought about the fact that American's first President Washington, is on the one dollar bill.
Thomas Jefferson, third President, is on the $2 note.
Lincoln, the 16th President is on the $5 dollar bill.
$20 Andrew Jackson.
$50 Ulysses Grant.

The $100 note has Benjamin Franklin, who said a place for everything and everything in its place. (Also attributed to the happily named Samuel Smiles and Britain's Mrs Beeton.)

Handy pictures of the notes and presidents on this website:
https://www.leftovercurrency.com/exchange/us-dollars/current-us-dollar-banknotes/

The USA has at least half a dozen money museums:
Atlanta
Chicago
Cleveland
Denver
Fort Worth
Kansas

Washington DC Free tour. Very interesting account of various presidents and VIPs shown on coins and notes.
https://www.moneyfactory.gov/washingtondctours.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Numismatic_museums_in_the_United_States

TO VISIT THE USA
visittheusa.co.uk

Author
 Angela Lansbury, travel writer and photographer, author and speaker.