American Currency

Hello everyone. I went to Minnesota, America and stayed for 4 weeks last summer. I enjoyed staying with my host family. I went to many places, stores and some museums with them. When we do something, we need money. For example, get clothes, ride a train, enter the museum, so I used much money in America. It was a little difficult to use U.S. dollars because they were similar each other, especially coins. So, I will introduce U.S. dollars.
The United States dollar is the official currency of United States of America and its overseas territories. The United States dollars is the currency which is most used in international transactions and is one of the world’s dominant reserve currencies. Some countries use it as their official currency. For example, the U.S. dollars is used in Ecuador, Puerto Rico, Guam, Federated States of Micronesia, El Salvador, Republic of Zimbabwe and so on.
At first, bills. One dollar bills are printed George Washington. He was the first President of America. Great Seal of the United States is designed on the back of them. Two dollars bills are printed Thomas Jefferson, who the maker of the Declaration of Independence. Five dollars bills are printed Abraham Lincoln, who was the 16th the President. On the back of five dollars bills, Lincoln Memorial. Ten dollars bills are printed Alexander Hamilton. He was the draftsman of Constitution of America. Twenty dollars bills are printed Andrew Jackson, who was the 7th President. The backs of them are printed the White House which is the official residence and principal workplace of the president. Fifty dollars bills are printed Ulysses Simpson Grant, who was the 18th President. One hundred dollars bills are figured Benjamin Franklin in the front. He was a politician. Independence Hall of the world cultural heritage is printed on the back.
Next is small changes. One cent is called penny. The bust of Abraham Lincoln has been on the penny since 1909. Five cents is called nickel. Since 2006, the image of Thomas Jefferson has been on the nickel. The back of the 2006 nickel features Monticello, Jefferson’s home. Ten cents has another name, dime. The dime shows a portrait of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. A quarter is 4/1 of a dollar or 25 cents. Each year since January 1999 a new quarter is issued by the US Mint every 10 weeks. The quarters commemorate the 50 states. The design features a tree-lined lake with two people fishing, a loon on the water, and a textured outline of the state surrounding its nickname, “Land of 10,000 Lakes.”
I found 4 things by searching U.S. dollars. The U.S. dollars are shown American history, especially person. And Lincoln, Jefferson and Washington were very important people for America because they appear bills and coins. Third, to appear country’s characteristic. For example, a national emblem and nature. Last, I found the words “In God We Trust” from all bills and coins. “In God We Trust” was adopted as the official motto of the United States in 1956. This means that American is Christian and they believe God.
To know currencies is the good means to get country’s history, I think. I would like to study about other country’s currency.
Thank you for listening.




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