Money Facts

More Monopoly money is printed each year than real US dollars. Parker Brothers (now Hasbro) prints about $30 billion in Monopoly money annually, while the US Bureau of Engraving and Printing produces around $500 million to $1 billion in new currency.

Pocahontas appeared on the back of the $20 bill in 1865, making her the only Native American woman to be featured on U.S. paper currency.

Just before the US started bombing Baghdad, nearly $1 billion dollars was stolen from the Central Bank of Iraq and is now the largest bank robbery in history.

The average cost of raising a medium-size dog to the age of eleven is $16,400 US Dollars.

Traces of cocaine were found on 99% of UK bank notes in a survey in London in 2000.

In roughly two-thirds of American households, women manage the money and pay the bills.

If you had 10 billion $1 notes and spent one every second of every day, it would require 317 years for you to go broke.

There are two credit cards for every person in the United States.

Judge Judy makes $45 million a year.

97% of all paper money in the US contains traces of cocaine.

Until World War II, solid blocks of tea were used as money in Siberia, Mongolia, and parts of Central Asia.

The hands of the clock on the back of the $100 bill are set at approximately 4:10.

According to Gaming Law, casinos have to stock enough cash to cover all the chips on the 'floor'.

Coins usually survive in circulation for about 30 years.

Organized crime generates an estimated $2 trillion globally each year, with American criminal enterprises accounting for hundreds of billions in illegal revenue.

The Mint once considered producing doughnut-shaped coins!

About 37% of millionaires buy used cars, and fewer than 25% drive current-year models—most prefer practical brands like Toyota, Honda, and Ford over luxury vehicles.

Woodpecker scalps, porpoise teeth, and elephant tail hair have all been used as money.

Just one in three consumers pays off his or her credit card bill every month.

Each day, more than $20 trillion changes hands in global financial markets, with the foreign exchange market alone processing $9.6 trillion daily.

Paper money is not made from wood pulp but from cotton. This means that it will not disintegrate as fast if it is put in the laundry.

On average, the life span of an American dollar bill is eighteen months.

During the Civil War, the United States issued 5-cent paper bills because people were hoarding coins made of precious metals.

A million dollars' worth of $100 bills weighs only 22 pounds!