Eight Shillings Bill (8 shillings) Pennsylvania currency from 1777. Frame, arms and value printed in red.

Paper Money, Eight Shillings Bill, 1777

Eight Shillings Bill (8 shillings) Pennsylvania currency from 1777. Frame, arms and value printed in…

Nine Pence (9 pence) Rhode Island currency from 1786. Image shows an anchor surrounded by the inscription - DOMINE SPERAMUS IN TE

Paper Money, Nine Pence Bill, 1786

Nine Pence (9 pence) Rhode Island currency from 1786. Image shows an anchor surrounded by the inscription…

Five Dollars ($5) South Carolina currency from 1776. Image of a horse surrounded by the inscription - DOMINUM GENEROSA RECUSAT. Wood engraving, rough brown paper.

Paper Money, Five Dollars Bill, 1776

Five Dollars ($5) South Carolina currency from 1776. Image of a horse surrounded by the inscription…

One Shilling (1 shilling) Vermont currency from 1781. Image of thirteen rings surrounded by the inscription - VERMONT CALLS FOR JUSTICE.

Paper Money, One Shilling Bill, 1781

One Shilling (1 shilling) Vermont currency from 1781. Image of thirteen rings surrounded by the inscription…

Three Pounds (3 pounds) Virginia currency from 1775. Copper-plate notes as illustrated, each value different.

Paper Money, Three Pounds Bill, 1775

Three Pounds (3 pounds) Virginia currency from 1775. Copper-plate notes as illustrated, each value different.

Four Dollars ($4) Virginia currency from 1776. Image is the new Coat of Arms for the State of Virginia.

Paper Money, Four Dollars Bill, 1776

Four Dollars ($4) Virginia currency from 1776. Image is the new Coat of Arms for the State of Virginia.

The obverse and reverse sides of an ancient coin of Athens.

Coin of Athens

The obverse and reverse sides of an ancient coin of Athens.

The obverse and reverse sides of one of the earliest coins.

Lydian Coin

The obverse and reverse sides of one of the earliest coins.

The obverse and reverse sides of one of the earliest coins.

Coin of Chios

The obverse and reverse sides of one of the earliest coins.

The obverse and reverse sides of one of the earliest coins.

Carian Coin

The obverse and reverse sides of one of the earliest coins.

The obverse and reverse sides of one of the earliest coins.

Athenian Coin

The obverse and reverse sides of one of the earliest coins.

The obverse and reverse sides of a silver penny during the reign of William the Conqueror.

Medieval Coin

The obverse and reverse sides of a silver penny during the reign of William the Conqueror.

The obverse and reverse sides of a silver groat during the reign of Edward III.

Medieval Coin

The obverse and reverse sides of a silver groat during the reign of Edward III.

This forty dollar promissory note was a Continental paper bill that held almost no value during the revolution.

Continental Money

This forty dollar promissory note was a Continental paper bill that held almost no value during the…

This third dollar promissory note was a Continental paper bill that held almost no value during the revolution.

Continental Money

This third dollar promissory note was a Continental paper bill that held almost no value during the…

Illustration of a child buying doll clothes. It can be used to write mathematics story problems involving addition, subtraction, money, and counting.

Child Buying Doll Clothes

Illustration of a child buying doll clothes. It can be used to write mathematics story problems involving…

Illustration of a child buying doll toys. It can be used to write mathematics story problems involving addition, subtraction, money, and counting.

Child Buying Doll Toys

Illustration of a child buying doll toys. It can be used to write mathematics story problems involving…

Illustration of a child buying toys. It can be used to write mathematics story problems involving addition, subtraction, money, and counting.

Child Buying Toys

Illustration of a child buying toys. It can be used to write mathematics story problems involving addition,…

Illustration of a child buying groceries. It can be used to write mathematics story problems involving addition, subtraction, money, and counting.

Child Buying Groceries

Illustration of a child buying groceries. It can be used to write mathematics story problems involving…

Illustration of a group of toys. It can be used to write mathematics story problems involving addition, subtraction, and counting.

Group of Toys

Illustration of a group of toys. It can be used to write mathematics story problems involving addition,…

Illustration of a group of toys. It can be used to write mathematics story problems involving addition, subtraction, and counting.

Group of Toys

Illustration of a group of toys. It can be used to write mathematics story problems involving addition,…

Illustration of a child buying toys from another boy. It can be used to write mathematics story problems involving addition, subtraction, money, and counting.

Child Buying Toys

Illustration of a child buying toys from another boy. It can be used to write mathematics story problems…

Illustration of a child with 8 quarts and 1 peck. He is using the baskets to practice measuring. It can be used to write mathematics story problems involving addition, subtraction, money, measurement, and counting.

Child Measuring Using Pecks And Quarts

Illustration of a child with 8 quarts and 1 peck. He is using the baskets to practice measuring. It…

Illustration showing the back side of two dimes.

2 Dimes

Illustration showing the back side of two dimes.

Illustration showing the back side of three dimes.

3 Dimes

Illustration showing the back side of three dimes.

Illustration showing the back side of four dimes.

4 Dimes

Illustration showing the back side of four dimes.

Illustration showing the back side of five dimes.

5 Dimes

Illustration showing the back side of five dimes.

An illustration of a promissory note. "A promissory note is a written promise to pay a specified sum of money at a stated time."

Promissory Note

An illustration of a promissory note. "A promissory note is a written promise to pay a specified sum…

An illustration of a promissory note that has been indorsed. "A promissory note is a written promise to pay a specified sum of money at a stated time."

Indorsed Promissory Note

An illustration of a promissory note that has been indorsed. "A promissory note is a written promise…

An illustration of a demand note. A note in which the maker agrees to pay whenever the payee wishes the money and "demands" it.

Demand Note

An illustration of a demand note. A note in which the maker agrees to pay whenever the payee wishes…

An illustration of a commercial draft for $122.50. "A commercial draft is a written order by which one person directs a second person to pay a specified sum of money at a stated time, through a bank."

Commercial Draft

An illustration of a commercial draft for $122.50. "A commercial draft is a written order by which one…

"Cypraea moneta (Cowrie). Showing the mantle, provided with marginal tentacles, partly enveloping the shell. Br, branchia; M, M, mantle; F, foot; T, tentacles at the edge of the mantle." -Parker, 1900

Money Cowry

"Cypraea moneta (Cowrie). Showing the mantle, provided with marginal tentacles, partly enveloping the…

"Here we see 1/2 of 3/4 lb. of candy= 3/8 lb. candy. Use inch, cubes and pennies to show such relations. Let a child have 20 pennies for his money. Let him show 1/2 of 1/2, 1/2 of 1/5, 1/5 of 1/2, 2/5 of 1/2 of his money, etc." -Foster, 1921

Mixed Numbers

"Here we see 1/2 of 3/4 lb. of candy= 3/8 lb. candy. Use inch, cubes and pennies to show such relations.…

Common form of bank draft, or check for five hundred dollars.

Bank Draft

Common form of bank draft, or check for five hundred dollars.

"The Money Cowry is a little, oval shell, depressed, flat below, with very thick edges and slightly waving. It comes from the Indian ocean, and is sometimes found in the Atlantic."

Cypraea Moneta (Linnaeus)

"The Money Cowry is a little, oval shell, depressed, flat below, with very thick edges and slightly…

"Christ Driving Out the Money-Changers. By Albrecht Dürer. From the 'Little Passions.' Printed from a cast of the original wood-block in the British Museum." -Heath, 1901

Christ Driving Out the Money-Changers

"Christ Driving Out the Money-Changers. By Albrecht Dürer. From the 'Little Passions.' Printed…

In 1690, The Massachusetts Bay Colony issued the first paper money in the colonies, called Colonial Notes, which would later form the United States.

First American Paper Money, 1690

In 1690, The Massachusetts Bay Colony issued the first paper money in the colonies, called Colonial…

In 1690, The Massachusetts Bay Colony issued the first paper money in the colonies, called Colonial Notes, which would later form the United States.

Reverse of a Massachusetts Treasury Note

In 1690, The Massachusetts Bay Colony issued the first paper money in the colonies, called Colonial…

Benito Pablo Juárez García (1872) was a Zapotec Amerindian who served five terms (1858-1861 as interim), (1861-1865), (1865-1867), (1867-1871), and (1871-1872), as President of Mexico. For resisting the French occupation, overthrowing the Empire, and restoring the Republic, as well as for his efforts to modernize the country, Juárez is often regarded as Mexico's greatest and most beloved leader. Juárez gained power only after receiving considerable US support in money and weapons, provided because the Second Empire was not amenable to US interests. As the first Mexican leader who did not have a military background, Benito Juárez was also the first full-blooded indigenous national to serve as President of Mexico and to lead a country in the Western Hemisphere in over 300 years.

Benito Pablo Juárez García

Benito Pablo Juárez García (1872) was a Zapotec Amerindian who served five terms (1858-1861 as interim),…

The first money coined in the United States.

First Money Coined in the United States

The first money coined in the United States.

An illustration of a woman exchanging her gold for American currency.

Currency Exchange

An illustration of a woman exchanging her gold for American currency.

This scudo is an Italian coin with Pope Gregory XVI on the obverse side.

Scudo

This scudo is an Italian coin with Pope Gregory XVI on the obverse side.

The obverse side of the Japanese sen, one hundredth of a yen.

Sen (Obverse)

The obverse side of the Japanese sen, one hundredth of a yen.

The reverse side of the Japanese sen, one hundredth of a yen.

Sen (Reverse)

The reverse side of the Japanese sen, one hundredth of a yen.

The sestertius or sesterce was an ancient silver coin during the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire.

Sestertius

The sestertius or sesterce was an ancient silver coin during the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire.

The obverse side of a Ducat, a gold coin, of Ladislaus Postumus, the King of Hungary from A.D. 1452-1457.

Ducat of Ladislaus Postumus, Obverse

The obverse side of a Ducat, a gold coin, of Ladislaus Postumus, the King of Hungary from A.D. 1452-1457.

The reverse side of a ducat, a gold coin, of Ladislaus Postumus, the King of Hungary from A.D. 1452-1457.

Ducat of Ladislaus Postumus, Reverse

The reverse side of a ducat, a gold coin, of Ladislaus Postumus, the King of Hungary from A.D. 1452-1457.

The obverse side of a ducatoon, a silver coin, struck by Antonio Priuli, Doge of Venice A.D. 1618-1623.

Ducatoon

The obverse side of a ducatoon, a silver coin, struck by Antonio Priuli, Doge of Venice A.D. 1618-1623.

The reverse side of a ducatoon, a silver coin, struck by Antonio Priuli, Doge of Venice A.D. 1618-1623.

Ducatoon, Reverse

The reverse side of a ducatoon, a silver coin, struck by Antonio Priuli, Doge of Venice A.D. 1618-1623.

The obverse side of the Shekel, a ancient silver coin used in Mesopotamia and Jerusalem.

Shekel

The obverse side of the Shekel, a ancient silver coin used in Mesopotamia and Jerusalem.

The reverse side of the Shekel, a ancient silver coin used in Mesopotamia and Jerusalem.

Shekel

The reverse side of the Shekel, a ancient silver coin used in Mesopotamia and Jerusalem.

"A coin, generally of unusual shape and rude workmanship, issued in a town or castle during a siege, when the operations of the ordinary mints are suspended." -Whitney, 1911
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Newark Siege Piece - Obverse

"A coin, generally of unusual shape and rude workmanship, issued in a town or castle during a siege,…

Annual Honesty (Lunaria annua) is a tall (height about 1 m), hairy-stemmed biennial plant found throughout Europe, North America, and parts of Asia. It has large, pointed oval leaves with marked serrations. The common name "Honesty" arose in the 16th century, and it may be due to the translucent seed-pods which are like flattened pea-pods and borne on the plant through winter. In South-East Asia and elsewhere, it is called the Money Plant, because its seed pods have the appearance of silver coins. In the United States it may also be known as "Silver Dollars," also because of the seed pods.

Annual Honesty

Annual Honesty (Lunaria annua) is a tall (height about 1 m), hairy-stemmed biennial plant found throughout…

The obverse side of the dupondius, "a Roman bronze coin, of the value of 2 asses." -Whitney, 1911

Dupondius, Obverse

The obverse side of the dupondius, "a Roman bronze coin, of the value of 2 asses." -Whitney, 1911

The reverse side of the dupondius, "a Roman bronze coin, of the value of 2 asses." -Whitney, 1911

Dupondius, Revers

The reverse side of the dupondius, "a Roman bronze coin, of the value of 2 asses." -Whitney, 1911

The obverse side of an &eacute;cu of James V of Scotland, a Scotch gold coin also called a crown.

Écu, Obverse

The obverse side of an écu of James V of Scotland, a Scotch gold coin also called a crown.

The reverse side of an &eacute;cu of James V of Scotland, a Scotch gold coin also called a crown.

Écu, Reverse

The reverse side of an écu of James V of Scotland, a Scotch gold coin also called a crown.

The obverse side of the &eacute;cu d'or of Charles VI, king of France.

Écu, Obverse

The obverse side of the écu d'or of Charles VI, king of France.

The reverse side of the &eacute;cu d'or of Charles VI, king of France.

Écu, Reverse

The reverse side of the écu d'or of Charles VI, king of France.

This six dollar bill is an example of Continental paper money of the United colonies issued in 1776.

Continental Paper Money

This six dollar bill is an example of Continental paper money of the United colonies issued in 1776.