Currency Facts

The universally popular Hershey bar was used overseas during World War II as currency.

Woodpecker scalps, porpoise teeth, and elephant tail hair have all been used as money.

Approximately 40% of the U.S. paper currency in circulation was counterfeit by the end of the Civil War.

On average, the life span of an American dollar bill is eighteen months.

It costs about 2.8 cents to print a $1 bill in the United States, though the true cost including overhead is around 7.5 cents.