US paper money is green because it was the most available ink color in 1929 and could withstand heat and chemical exposure. Green also symbolized government credit. Martha Washington is the only woman on US currency.
Money is green in the United States, it is believed, because that color of ink was the most readily available when paper money design was introduced in 1929. Before that, paper money used mostly black ink with colored elements, but counterfeiters they were able to recreate the colored portions too easily. Another possible reason green ink was chosen was because it is better able to withstand heat and chemical exposure without changing in appearance. Green ink may also have been chosen for United States money because the color green was seen as a symbol of strength and stability in government credit.
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The $1 US Dollar (USD) bill lasts an average of only one year and 10 months in circulation. The $100 USD bill lasts approximately seven years and five months.
Martha Washington is the only woman to have her portrait in US currency. The wife of the first US president George Washington appeared on the $1 USD silver certificates of 1886, 1891 and 1896.
It would take about $2.5 million dollars worth of cents placed next to each other to reach the width of the United States.
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