Is the US Dollar the strongest currency in the world? No, it is not. But, that doesn’t make it less valuable. The US Dollar is, in fact, the most popular currency in the world.
The strength of the U.S. economy is in perfect alignment with the value of its currency. This is one of the major reasons why the US dollar is considered to be one of the most powerful currencies today.
Now, that you know about the popularity of the US Dollar, take a look at some interesting facts about the US Dollar that you didn’t know about.
Interesting facts about the US Dollar
- There is more than 1.5 trillion US currency in circulation. Out of that, 97% is Federal Reserve Notes.
- There is more than 1.5 trillion US currency in circulation. Out of that, 97% is Federal Reserve Notes.
- To date, Martha Washington (George Washington’s wife) has been the only woman to appear in the US currency notes.
- The approximate weight of a dollar is 1 gram.
- There is a two-dollar bill in the USA which is in circulation and yet many people do not know about it.
- 97% of all US currency contains traces of cocaine.
- No African American has yet made it to the US currency note portrait.
- 95% of US Dollar bills have bacteria in them.
- The average $1 bill circulates for around 6 years.
- The first US Dollar bill had the portrait of Salmon P. Chase, the Secretary of the Treasury under President Abraham Lincoln.
- The largest US Dollar bill ever printed was a bill of $100,000.
- The US Dollar is the most circulated currency worldwide.
Those were some of the most fascinating facts about the US Dollar. Tell you what you think about them. Do you know more such facts? Share with us if you do.