Thursday, October 15, 2009

Magic and Mystery of America’s Money

Clearly these allusions to the number thirteen are no accident. This truth is compounded by the letters in permanently featured words on the front of the dollar bill (that is, words not contingent upon any changing circumstance, such as the name of the US Treasurer).



These words include:

“FEDERAL RESERVE NOTE”

“THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA”

"THIS NOTE IS LEGAL TENDER FOR ALL DEBTS PUBLIC AND PRIVATE”

“WASHINGTON, D.C.”

“ONE”

“TREASURER OF THE UNITED STATES”

“SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY”

“ONE DOLLAR"

“WASHINGTON”

The total number of letters in these words is 169, or 13 squared.

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