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 Seal– Scales – Carpenter’s T-

Square, – The “key”

• Right Hand Side

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– 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 BarComing together as a

nation.

E Pluribus Unum, meaning “One nation from many people”.

Is 13 unlucky?

• 13 stars above the 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