ALL ABOUT
MONEY BY KRISTIN BAIRD RATTINI
issued a coin
featuring the
cartoon hero© ON COIN); © JTB PHOTO COMMUNICATIONS, INC. /
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SLOAN / ALAMY (INK); COURTESY TAZMIC ENTERPRISES (BISON); KELLEY MILLER / NG STAFF (PIGGY BANK)FEBRUARY 2019 • NAT GEO KIDS (^7)
Athena
ACambodian leader
onceabolished the
use of money.
or
Fibers from theabaca plant,a close and his dog,
relative of the banana plant, are used in
Japanese banknotes.
The Southern Cross constellation
appears onBrazilian coins.
Tintin
owl
R YOUR PARENTS.
MONEY
TIP!
In the
Netherlands
in 1636,
tulips
and her
sacred
appeared on
coins minted over
2,000 years ago.
The Greek goddess
Botswana’s
currency
is named
pula,
rain,
which is
valuable
in this
desert
nation.
added
n extra
p to
bison
e
05
A mint
error
sas
e
rters.
Belgium
Snowy.
The
U.S. Bureau of Engraving
and Printing uses
were so valu
that some
as much a
ho
For each coupon they use, ask if they’ll put
the money they save into your piggy bank.
CCLIP COUPONS FO
of nkeach ay
money.
l i
THiS
WiLL BUY
YOU A LOT
OF DOG
TREATS.
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ALAMY (STARS); © PAUL HARRISON / ALAMY (CAMBOD
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