The Dollar Bill
An informative speech
by Mrs. Swift
I would like to inform you on…
• The history of the United States dollar bill
• The symbols on the bill
• Their meanings
The Dollar Bill
• Was an older version
• This version 1957
Is it Paper?
• Material
– Cotton and Linen Blend
Special Ink
• Contents unknown
• Over-printed with symbols
• Starched and pressed
– Water resistant
Front of the Bill
• United States Treasury • Right Hand Side
Seal
– Scales
– Carpenter’s TSquare,
– The “key”
Back of the Bill
Continental Congress
Benjamin Franklin
Four Years, Seal
Two Years, Approval
If you look at the left side…
• Pyramid
– Face is lighted
– Western side
Keep Looking at the left side
The Pyramid
– Uncapped
– Symbolic meaning
•
Benjamin Franklin said…
• “In God We Trust”
appears on this
currency.
• “Annuit Coeptis”
means…
• Latin
More Latin
• “Novus Ordo
Seclorum” means a
New Order has
begun
• At the base of the
pyramid there is a
roman numeral for
1776
Look at the Right Hand Side
• Symbol on right side
• Circle appears on
every National
Cemetery in the
United States.
• It is the centerpiece of
most heroes
monuments
With slight modifications…
•
• With slight
modifications, it is the
seal of the President of
the United States.
• It is always visible
when he speaks.
The Bald Eagle
• Symbol of Victory
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Not afraid of a storm
He is strong
Soars above problems
He wears No Material
Crown
The Bald Eagle, cont’d
• The Shield is
unsupported
• White Bar
Coming together as a
nation.
E Pluribus Unum,
meaning “One nation
from many people”.
Is 13 unlucky?
• 13 stars above the
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Eagle
13 plumes of feathers
on each eagle wing
13 bars on the shield
13 leaves on the olive
branch
13 fruits, 13 arrows
• 13 colonies
• 13 signers of the
Declaration of
Independence
• 13 stripes in the flag
• 13 steps in the
pyramid
• 13 letters in E Pluribus
Unum
Many People Do Not Know
• The history of the dollar bill
• The symbols of the bill
• Their meanings
Look at Your Dollar Bill Now
and Tell the History to Another
• Any questions?
• Thank you.
– Sharon Swift