currency

The Penny Makes No "Cents" (Video)

By on December 1st, 2011 • currency, Mint, Pennies, Life, Savings

What started as a good idea--a 100% copper 1 cent piece--in 1792 is now a muddled one that's resulted in the U.S. spending $134 million per year to make eight billion pennies that aren't worth the copper-colored metal they're printed on. (Oh yeah, pennies are now just 5% copper and 95% zinc.)

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Foreign Cash & School Loans

By brass Staff on August 2nd, 2010 • Budgeting, College, currency, Student Loans, Travel

How can I get good rates on foreign currency exchanges and how are student loans different from others?

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New $100 Bill Goes 3-D

By on April 21st, 2010 • 3-D, currency, new $100 bill, Security, US Treasury, Life

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Print Your Own Cash

By on February 15th, 2010 • Benjamins, BerkShares, Budgeting, Cheers, currency, greenbacks, Local, Money, Torches, Life

I know I could use a few extra bucks, because I owe the IRS tax money. With no greenbacks or Benjamins floating my way, maybe I'll just print my own money: Odegaard Big Heads (I have a large cranium).

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