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Test Your Money IQ

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Posted: 2008-04-07 16:14:20
It jingles and jangles and folds in your wallet, but how much do you really know about your money? Test your knowledge of dollars and cents with our currency quiz.

Test Your Currency IQ

Why did the U.S. Mint strike a half-dollar coin to honor President John F. Kennedy?

  • After his death, the Mint received numerous requests
  • He asked to have a coin created in his image
  • U.S. Mint officials thought it could help them meet the president

On Feb. 15, 2007, the U.S. Mint struck thousands of coins without the inscriptions, "E Pluribus Unum" and "In God We Trust" along the edge, which were later dubbed "godless coins." Which coins were they?

  • Susan B. Anthony coins
  • Pennies
  • George Washington $1 coins
  • Nickels

Which coin are critics trying the hardest to get the government to stop producing because it costs more to make than it's worth?

  • The penny
  • The dime
  • The quarter
  • The $1 coin

Why is the nickel, which bears the likeness of Thomas Jefferson, bigger than the dime, which shows the face of Franklin D Roosevelt?

  • It was a mistake
  • Americans favored Roosevelt over Jefferson
  • It was resized to make it easier to handle

The United States Mint has been the federal agency responsible for the production and distribution of the nation’s coins since what year?

  • 1792
  • 1549
  • 1643
  • 1879

Which president's likeness can be found on the front of the $5 bill?

  • George Washington
  • Abraham Lincoln
  • Thomas Jefferson
  • Dwight D. Eisenhower

At one time the Treasury produced $1,000 bills. Which president was featured on the front?

  • William McKinley
  • Grover Cleveland
  • James Madison
  • John Adams

How many presidential dollar coins are entering circulation in 2008?

  • 5
  • 10
  • 4
  • None of the above
More Money Facts: The U.S. Mint kicked off its state quarters series in 1999, honoring the 50 U.S. states in the order they were admitted to the union. The launch sparked a collecting craze unlike anything ever seen before in the coin world. Click through the gallery below to see your state quarter.



The Mint's 50 State Quarters Program releases quarters in order of each state's admittance to the country. This gallery begins with the most recent and runs backward chronologically.



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It takes a Clinton to clean up after a Bush!!!

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IT IS OVER !!!

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who only made 14 million last year, the clintons are worth 100 million, Bore worth 200 million. Why don't they give their money to their poor people

And the realy sad thing is the idiots who put those mouthpieces in office will turn around and do it again. The american voters are stupid and the people who sit on thier asses in Government know it. Problem is, the rest of us are stuck with their stupidity becasue they outnumber us 4 to 1.

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THE NORTH AMERICAN UNION IS WHAT IS GOING TO COME ABOUT, FROM THE LOWEST BOARDER OF MEXICO TO ALASKA. IT HAS ALREADY STARTED TO TAKE PLACE, WITH THE GOVERNMENT MOVEING ITS BUILDING OUT OF WASHINGTON TO OUT WEST, CIA, MILITARY, TREASURY, STATE, ETC. THE NEW CAPITAL OF THE NORTH AMERICAN UNION WILL BE OUT WEST. EITHER OMAHA NEBRASKA OR DENVER COLORADO. THAT IS THE WAY OUR GRANDCHILDREN WILL GROW UP.

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