Art in Your WalletInstructional Focus: How would the world be if there was no money to trade for the things we want and

need?

Write a full paragraph or more.

What did humans of the world do before money was invented? Bartering

Trading for goods or services.

Decide what something is worth.

I need bread, but all I have to give are my shoes.

The Invention of Coins

~People were tired of trading goods and looked to what really had Value.

Metals have worth. Weight of the metal was how much it was worth.

Early Coins

Paper Money

Invented by the Chinese. China didn’t have a

lot of metals to make coins.

They did have the printing press and lots of paper.

Each bill was guaranteed by the Chinese government for a certain amount.

How could paper be valuable?

Marco Polo Returned to Italy from

China in 1295 Gave the idea of paper

money to Europe but the people didn’t trust it.

Didn’t use paper money for another 400 years during the middle ages.

Too dangerous to carry all that heavy metal around.

Money from Around the World

Money in the USA

Before 1861 Banks and companies

allowed to issue notes that could be traded for gold or silver.

Sometimes the Gold and Silver ran out

The notes were from all over

3 cent dollar bills

1913 US Government bought all of the paper money in the country.

Bureau of Engraving and Printing in Washington D.C Printed by engraving Paper is 25% cotton and

75% linen 1, 2,5,10,20,50,and 100

dollar bills still printed 500, 1,000, 5,000,

10,000, and 100,000 dollar bills used to be printed.

Getting the Money to the People Federal Reserve Banks

12 Districts were the Fresh made money is sent.

Replace worn and damaged notes

1 dollar bill lasts about 18 months

50 dollar bill lasts 9 years

Boston A 1

New York B 2

Philadelphia C 3

Cleveland D 4

Richmond E 5

Atlanta F 6

Chicago G 7

St. Louis H 8

Minneapolis I 9

Kansas City J 10

Dallas K 11

San Francisco

L 12

The 1 Dollar Bill

Federal Reserve Bank markings Which bank is this bill from?

The 1 Dollar Bill

Serial Numbers Each bill has a different number

Star Notes- the 100 millionth note that is printed has stars instead of letters for the serial number

Used when bills have to be replaced

The 1 Dollar Bill

Signatures of the Treasurer of the United States and the Secretary of the Treasury

Series of that the bill. Letters mean that a change was made in the note during

printing time.

The New Green Back

The Great Seal of the United States Came to the 1 dollar bill in 1935

“In God We Trust”- added in 1955

The Great Seal Unfinished Pyramid

Material strength and endurance

Strive for growth Watchful eye of God Annuit Coeptis

He has favored our undertakings

MDCCLXXVI-1776 Novus Ordo Seclorum

New Order of the Ages

Of The United States Burst of Light with 13 Stars

13 original states 13 Leaf Olive Branch-

Peace 13 Arrows- War Eagle Head turned to

Peace Flag Shield- Congress Eagle Head- President 9 Tail Feathers- Supreme

Court E Pluribus Unum

Out of Many One

Drawing the Dollar Bill Cut out a section of the dollar bill that is

the most interesting to you. Glue that piece to the graph paper

worksheet. Use your ruler to redraw the lines over the

dollar. Go square by square to reproduce the

piece onto the 1 inch grid.