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美國錢 你知道多少?

 

 

 

說明:

掌管財政部的人,決定紙幣上的人物。至於硬幣上的人物肖像,則是由美國國會決定。讓我們認識一下有哪些重要人物能被印鑄在美國錢幣上!

硬幣:有別於紙幣,雖然美國的硬幣以「分」(cent)為單位,但是,還是有其他的稱呼,你知道嗎?

1分(1cent, penny):亞伯拉罕.林肯,美國第16任總統(1861~1865)

5分(5cents, nickel):湯瑪斯.傑佛遜,美國第3任總統(1801~1809)

10分(10cents, dime):富蘭克林.羅斯福,美國第32任總統(1933~1945)

25分(25cents, quarter):喬治.華盛頓,美國國父(1789~1797)

50分(50cents, half-dollar):約翰.甘迺迪,美國第35任總統(1961~1963)

1元(1dollar, silver):蘇珊.安東尼,19世紀的女權領導人。

紙幣:

1元:喬治.華盛頓

2元:湯瑪斯.傑佛遜

5元:亞伯拉罕.林肯

10元:亞歷山大.漢彌爾頓,美國1一任財政部長(1789~1795)

20元:安德魯.傑克森,美國第7任總統(1829~1837)

50元:尤里西斯.葛蘭特,美國第18任總統(1869~1877)

100元:班.富蘭克林,發明家,印刷家,愛國者。

500元:威廉.麥金利,美國第25任總統(1897~1901)。

以下這個幣值只有銀行在使用。從1945年以後,500美元幣值以上的紙幣便不再發行。

1千元:葛洛夫.克里夫蘭,美國第22任、第24任總統(1885~1889及1893~1897)。

5千元:詹姆士.麥迪遜,美國第4任總統(1861~1864)

1萬元:賽門.卻斯,美國財政部長(1861~1864)

10萬元:伍卓爾.威爾遜,美國第28任總統(1913~1921)。

       

原文:

Most of the people pictured on bills now in circulation are former presidents of the United States. The exceptions are Ben Franklin($100 bill), Alexander Hamilton($10 bill)and Salmon P. Chase($10,000 bill.)

"We don't really know why anyone is there," said Claudia Dickens of the U.S. Bureau of Engraving and Printing, which prints paper money. "When we were a country just getting started with a lot of people who didn't speak English, it was thought that pictures of prominent statesman would help people recognize the bills."

Recognition doesn't matter so much now and that's a good thing. Would you recognize Salmon P. Chase?

Coins, on the other hand, have been used to honor specific people. For example, Congress voted to put President John F. Kennedy on the half-dollar in 1964, after he was assassinated in November 1963.

The other side of the money, the "tails" side of the coin, is interesting too.

The reverse of the Lincoln penny is the Lincoln Memorial. That makes sense. But the George Washington quarter has recently been used to commemorate the individual states in the order they joined the United States.

The Jefferson nickel has a picture of Jefferson's home at Monticello, Virginia. Now Congress is considering changing that to commemorate the 300th anniversary of the Louisiana Purchase (the purchase of 828,000 square miles from France that doubled the size of the United States) and the Lewis and Clark expedition.

(2003 The Washington Post Company)

      

【網海深深】上網認識美國印鈔局

網址: http://www.usmint.gov/kids/

在大略知道美國硬幣及紙幣上的人物之後,你可以上美國印鈔局的網站玩遊戲喔!而老師們也可以利用這個網站,教小朋友認識相關的知識。至於錢幣的觀念,裡頭的camp coin單元,也可以讓你獲益匪淺。


 

 

( 2003.03.14 )

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