{"id":234693,"date":"2022-05-18T16:00:57","date_gmt":"2022-05-18T15:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.factstoryhub.com\/?p=234693"},"modified":"2025-03-08T16:37:09","modified_gmt":"2025-03-08T16:37:09","slug":"money-facts","status":"publish","type":[],"link":"https:\/\/www.factstoryhub.com\/money-facts\/","title":{"rendered":"10 Facts About Money That Won\u2019t Make You Rich"},"content":{"rendered":"
From the very start of our lives, we have used money for more than our fair share of a lot of things.\n
For centuries, money has been spent from the most extravagant to the most mundane things.\n
But if there\u2019s one thing for certain about money, it sure is incredibly hard to save!\n
Since it’s hard to scrimp for greenbacks, here are ten facts about money that you can pull out of your pocket.\n
They might not necessarily break the bank, but they can most definitely break the ice.\n
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We\u2019ve all heard the old idiom “penny for your thoughts;” it\u2019s quite a lighthearted way to be asked what we\u2019re thinking of.\n
But back in 1787, the very first American coin to be made was inscribed with something far sterner.\n
The Fugio Cent, the copper penny also known as the Franklin cent after its original designer Ben Franklin, had the currency imprinted with \u201cMind your business.\u201d\n
While it is originally said to be more of a literal financial instruction rather than a snarky warning, it is still quite funny to think how it sounds now.\n
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Speaking of pennies, it costs 2.06 cents to make a penny, while a nickel costs 7.53 cents to make.\n
It sure gives a new meaning to \u201cit takes money to make money.\u201d\n
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Hasbro, the company that brought the popular board game to the world, has more Monopoly bucks printed out than real money in the US Federal Reserve.\n The toymakers produce Monopoly money by the truckload, $30 billion, in fact, a paltry amount to the Bureau of Engraving and Printing\u2019s $974 million annual production.\n \u201cMoney is the root of all evil\u201d is a common phrase when talking about greed.\n This age-old saying has become so widely popular that self-styled financial gurus have even actively tried to disprove it.\n Where it originated is really interesting, though, because it came from The Holy Bible.\n In 1 Timothy 6:10 it states, \u201cFor the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from faith, and pierced themselves through many sorrows.\u201d\n Now you have to admit; it is pretty hard to argue against The Holy Scripture!\n Considered rare, even if a billion of the bills are still in circulation today, the $2 bill is said to carry bad luck not because of superstition but because of its awkward denomination.\n Its printing was discontinued back in 1966 but was again reinstated in 1976, strangely because the federal government wanted to cut down the number of bills being circulated.\n Sure, the cash in your pocket right now has gone through several pairs of hands but it’s actually not that old!\n Depending on its denomination and the transaction, a bill\u2019s lifespan is surprisingly short, with most of it not even reaching its teens.\nThe Bible warned us about the evil of money.\n
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The $2 bill is considered to be unlucky.\n
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Money has a surprisingly short lifespan.\n
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