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Strange Facts about Money

A dime has 118 ridges around the edge.

A quarter has 119 grooves on its edge.

There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar. This has been verified by me. There are 293 ways if you include a silver dollar as making change.

Only 48 states are listed on the Lincoln Memorial. Only 26 states appear across the top of the Lincoln Memorial on the back of the $5 bill.

On a Canadian two dollar bill, the flag flying over the Parliament building is an American flag.

America once issued a 5-cent bill!

The Mint once considered producing doughnut-shaped coins!