Interesting piece.

ONE DOLLAR BILL:

Take out a one dollar bill. The one dollar bill you're
looking at first came off the presses in 1957 in its
present design.
This so-called paper money is in fact a cotton and
linen blend, with red and blue minute silk fibers
running through it. It is actually material. We've
all washed it without it falling apart. A special
blend of ink is used, the contents we will never know.
It is overprinted with symbols and then it is starched
to make it water resistant and pressed to give it that
nice crisp look.


If you look on the front of the bill, you will see the
United States Treasury Seal. On the top you will see
the scales for a balanced budget. In the center you
have a carpenter's square, a tool used for an even
cut. Underneath is the Key to the United States
Treasury. That's all pretty easy to figure out, but
what is on the back of that dollar bill is something
we should all know.


If you turn the bill over, you will see two circles.
Both circles, together, comprise the Great Seal of the
United States. The First Continental Congress
requested that Benjamin Franklin and a group of men
come up with a Seal. It took them four years to
accomplish this task and another two years to get it
approved.


If you look at the left-hand circle, you will see a
Pyramid. Notice the face is lighted, and the western
side is dark. This country was just beginning. We
had not begun to explore the West or decided what we
could do for Western Civilization. The Pyramid is
un-capped, again signifying that we were not even
close to being finished. Inside the capstone you have
the all-seeing eye, an ancient symbol for divinity. It
was Franklin's belief that one man couldn't do it
alone, but a group of men, with the help of God, could
do anything.



"IN GOD WE TRUST" is on this currency. The Latin above
the pyramid, ANNUIT COEPTIS, means, "God has favored
our undertaking."

The Latin below the
pyramid, NOVUS ORDO SECLORUM, means, "a new order has
begun." At the base of the pyramid is the Roman
Numeral for 1776. If you look at the right-hand
circle, and check it carefully, you will learn that it
is on every National Cemetery in the United States.
It is also on the Parade of Flags Walkway at the
Bushnell, Florida National Cemetery, and is the
centerpiece of most hero's monuments. Slightly
modified, it is the seal of the President of the
United States, and it is always visible whenever he
speaks, yet very few people know what the symbols
mean.


The Bald Eagle was selected as a symbol for victory
for two reasons: First, he is not afraid of a storm;
he is strong, and he is smart enough to soar above it. Secondly, he wears no
material crown. We had just broken from the King of England. Also, notice
the shield is unsupported. This country can now stand on its own. At the
top of that shield you have a white bar signifying congress, a unifying
factor. We were coming together as one nation. In the Eagle's beak you will
read, "E PLURIBUS UNUM", meaning, "one nation from many people".


Above the Eagle, you have thirteen stars, representing
the thirteen original colonies, and any clouds of misunderstanding rolling
away. Again, we were coming together as one.

Notice what the Eagle holds in his talons. He holds
an olive branch and arrows. This country wants peace,
but we will never be afraid to fight to preserve
peace. The Eagle always wants to face the olive
branch, but in time of war, his gaze turns toward the
arrows.


They say that the number 13 is an unlucky number. This
is almost a worldwide belief. You will usually never
see a room numbered 13, or any hotels or motels with a
13th floor. But think about this: 13 original
colonies, 13 signers of the Declaration of
Independence, 13 stripes on our flag, 13 steps on the
Pyramid, 13 letters in the Latin above, 13 letters in
"E Pluribus Unum", 13 stars above the Eagle, 13 bars
on that shield, 13 leaves on the olive branch, 13
fruits, and if you look closely, 13 arrows.. And, for
minorities: the 13th Amendment.


I always ask people, "Why don't you know this?" Your
children don't know this, and their history teachers
don't know this. Too many veterans have given up too
much to ever let the meaning fade. Many veterans
remember coming home to an America that didn't care.
Too many veterans never came home at all.


Share this page with someone, so they can learn what
is on the back of the UNITED STATES ONE DOLLAR BILL,
and what it stands for... Otherwise, they will
probably never know...

 

Yeah, take out one of these things. Look at the very top of the item, see where it says "Federal Reserve Note"?

Then look up in the dictionary what a "Note" is?

Then look up a Supreme Court case which held that the Federal Reserve Note is not a dollar, but a Note redeemable in dollars.

That's not exactly a minor difference. Rather a huge legal issue.

Question for you --- do you know why they call the FRN "the dollar bill"?

The term bill is used to communicate to the debtor that he owes money. Like "phone bill". What does he owe? The amount stated on the bill. In this case, one dollar.

Then the obvioius question arises, what exactly is the dollar? Look up the Act of 1791, which defined it and has never been repealed.

 

...wow...learn something new everyday....
Now if I could just figure out how to cut, paste and send....

 

http://www.mises.org/money.asp

What Has Government Done to Our Money?
by Murray N. Rothbard

I give up, html code does *not* work on this site.

 

Yeah, all that. But, you got to admit that all the symbolism in the design is pretty cool.