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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 nations 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.

Photo Gallery

U.S. Mint / AP

50 State Quarter Designs

1 of 50

New Design -- Hawaii: Hawaiian monarch King Kamehameha I and the eight major Hawaiian Islands, along with the state motto in Hawaiian, translating to: "The life of the land is perpetuated in righteousness"

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.

2008-02-14 16:09:40

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Burnhaml88 02:23:53 PM Apr 20 2008

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It makes cents

Mr Puffy1 01:49:24 PM Apr 20 2008

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

SLOconnoisseur 12:43:04 PM Apr 20 2008

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IT IS OVER !!!

YOUR JOB IS TO USE IT UP, SPEND IT,, ENJOY WHAT LITTLE THERE IS LEFT !!

IT IS OVER !!!

Ratzskeller1 12:31:53 PM Apr 20 2008

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I ain't got nothin against the black guy,s the ni'''ers i don't like

k21bhL 12:26:46 PM Apr 20 2008

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Republicans are crooks!

RM2tea 12:07:03 PM Apr 20 2008

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Democrates are BIGGOTS

Mrcpll 12:05:35 PM Apr 20 2008

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If Republicans are mean then Democrats are just plain brutal.

corymcsafe 11:04:49 AM Apr 20 2008

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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.

Randkon 10:58:30 AM Apr 20 2008

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Republicans are Mean

Lgal1204 10:10:01 AM Apr 20 2008

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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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