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What is the official version of "In God We Trust" printed on the coins?
E Pluribus Unum
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Which inscription was eliminated due to the Statue of Liberty being added to the coin?
"Liberty"
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Which President will have two coins with his portrait on it?
Grover Cleveland
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Who can create "new high-powered money"?
Federal Reserve
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Who does the Federal Reserve have to place an order with for printed money?
U.S. Treasury Department
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Which organization stamps coins?
Bureau of the Mint
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Which Bureau prints new dollars?
Engraving and Printing
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Who can freely withdraw from their reserve accounts at the Federal Reserve?
Commercial banks
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During which times does the value of the dollar typically decline?
wartime
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When was the Federal Reserve established?
1913
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What was the Federal Reserve designed to furnish?
an "elastic" currency
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What had previously kept prices stable?
gold standard
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How much did the US prices deflate in the 1930s?
30%
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What would zero inflation mean for the US dollar over time?
constant value
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What would result in a slow declining of the value of the dollar over time?
low, stable inflation
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Who is in favor of a zero inflation policy?
some economists
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A zero inflation policy would limit who's influence and ability to react?
central bank
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With a zero inflation rate, what would the central bank be unable to do other than control interest rates?
stimulate the economy
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What is "dollars" a reference to?
the Spanish milled dollar
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How much value did a Spanish milled dollar have in relation to Spanish units of currency?
8 Spanish units
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How much value was one dollar meant to be equivalent to?
a Spanish milled dollar
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How many grains of standard silver were meant to be in a single dollar?
four hundred and sixteen
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How many grains of pure silver were meant to be in a single dollar?
three hundred and seventy-one
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What is a "grand" sometimes shortened to?
"G"
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What is another term other than "large" that means a stack of mutiple thousands?
"stack"
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What is a "C-note" a reference to?
the Roman numeral for 100
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Which note is occasionally called a "yardstick"?
$50
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What is another term for "bigface" notes?
Monopoly money
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What defined the US dollar?
Coinage Act of 1792
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What was the dollar based on?
the Spanish milled dollar
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How many grams of gold roughly were in an eagle?
17
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Who made the decision to base the American Unit on the weight on the Spanish dollar?
Alexander Hamilton
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What was the average weight of a new Spanish dollar in terms of grains?
377
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What is specifically produced for collectors?
Proof Sets
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What is the percentage of silver in coins in the Silver Proofs?
90%
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When did the Mint being producing proof sets?
1983
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Other than the Silver Proof set, what other type of Proof set exists?
Presidential Dollar Proof Set
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When was the production of Presidential dollar coins suspended?
December 13, 2011
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What dictates that a receipt for expenditures of all public money must be published?
The Constitution
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Which section specifically states that receipts for public money must be published?
Section 331
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Which currency are the sums of money in the "Statements" displayed in?
U.S. dollars
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What is the unit of account of the United States?
U.S. dollar
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What is the highest currently printed denomination of bill?
$100
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In which year were notes valued above $100 no longer printed?
1946
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When were bills above the $100 denomination withdrawn from circulation?
1969
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What use of higher value bills prompted Nixon to halt the use of said bills?
organized crime
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What was issued to halt the use of higher currency denomations?
an executive order
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What is the British equivalent of a "buck"?
quid
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In which century can the term "buck" be traced back to?
18th
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What kind of trade may have been the origin of the "buck"?
colonial leather trade
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What was the nickname given to the Demand Note dollars that were used to finance the Civil War?
Greenback
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What color other than green was used on the backside of the original note?
black
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What was the value of the U.S. dollar no longer anchored to?
gold
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Who's duty did it become to maintain the value of the U.S. currency?
Federal Reserve
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What move did the Federal Reserve take that resulted in stagflation and the decline of the U.S. dollar?
increase the money supply
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What claimed that inflation and economic growth were linked?
the Phillips curve
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How much value did the U.S. dollar lose between 1965 and 1981?
two thirds
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What was the look of the dollar based on?
Spanish dollar
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In which century did the Spanish dollar start being used in Spanish America?
16th
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When was the United States Mint founded?
1792
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Outside of Mexico, where else was the Spanish dollar minted?
Peru
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When were the Spanish dollar and Mexican peso no longer accepted as legal tender?
1857
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What was the name of the act introduced in the year 1900?
Gold Standard Act
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How much gold in grams was one dollar equivalent to?
1.505
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How much was 1 troy ounce of gold worth?
$20.67
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Which year brought the end to silver being in dimes and quarters?
1964
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Which President confiscated gold coins?
Franklin Roosevelt
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Where did error coins originate?
Philadelphia mint
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Other than Florida, which other state got send error coins?
Tennessee
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How much were error coins initially worth for collectors?
profit
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What were some amateur collectors duped into buying?
"upside down lettering error" coins
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What do vending machines commonly only accept?
$1 bills
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What power was Congress given by the Constitution?
borrow money on the credit of the United States
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What did Congress authorize the Federal Reserve Banks to do?
issue Federal Reserve Notes
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What are the notes issued by the Federal Reserve?
obligations of the United States
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Where, other than any Federal Reserve bank, can notes be redeemed?
Washington, District of Columbia
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Since the 1970s, what is the only type of note that has remained in circulation?
Federal Reserve Note
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What is the short term goal of open market operations?
achieve a specific short-term interest rate target
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What does the Federal Reserve target?
federal funds rate
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What is the federal funds rate?
the rate at which member banks lend to one another overnight
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What is the cajoling of certain market players to achieve specified outcomes also known as?
Moral suasion
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What does "open mouth operations" mean?
talking monetary policy with the market
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When was the Bretton Woods system established?
after World War II
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What was the fixed value of gold?
$35 per ounce
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What was the value of the U.S. dollar linked to?
the value of gold
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What did banks and investors do that devalued the dollar?
convert dollars to gold
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In which year was gold convertability terminated?
1971
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What kind of money is the U.S. dollar?
fiat money
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Although for some countries the dollar is not their official currency, how do they use the currency?
de facto currency
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Other than the British Virgin Islands, what other area in the Caribbean uses the dollar as it's sole currency?
Turks and Caicos islands
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For countries that use the dollar as their paper currency, what other currency do they make?
mints its own coins
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What is an example of a U.S. coin that can be used as payment in some countries?
Susan B. Anthony dollar
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What are dollar notes made from now adays?
cotton fiber paper
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What is most common paper made of?
wood fiber
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Since 1914, who issues the dollar banknotes?
Federal Reserve
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How long do the current notes measure?
6.14 inches
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What size currency are the new smaller notes similar to?
Philippine
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When was the Mint Act passed?
1792
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How many grains of silver did the Mint Act define the dollar as?
371.25
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Who suggested that the ratio of silver to gold should be fixed?
Alexander Hamilton
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