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SEPTEMBER 2019 • NAT GEO KIDS (^7)
BY KRISTIN BAIRD RATTINI
Belarus’s 50-kapeek
note once featured a
picture of a squirrel.
Using a
metal detector,
two English men
uncovered
206 Roman
coins dating
back 2,
years.
Peru’s currency
is named the
nuevo sol,
which is Spanish
for “new sun.”
A 1922 German banknote is called the
“vampire note” because some claim that
a vampire is biting the neck of the worker
on the bill.
A $1,000 U.S. banknote from 1890 is nick-
named the “watermelon note” because the
design resembles a watermelon’s rind.
A minting
error on the
2005 Kansas
quarter makes
the word “trust”
look like “rust.”
The Perth
Mint in Australia
once minted
a 2.2-pound solid-
gold coin worth
$62,950.
The U.S. Mint
employs full-time
sculptors to create
models for coins.
In 1685,
soldiers in
Quebec,
Canada,
were paid in
playing cards
after the
French colonial
government
ran out of
money.