Some interesting facts about the dollar bill

On average, every dollar bill you touch has over 3,000 different types of bacteria.

A million dollars weighs about a metric ton A million dollars weighs about a metric ton. Hence the expression "a ton of money."

A dollar from 1950 is now worth only $0.12.

The first Dollar in America was a milled Spanish silver coin which had been in circulation since colonial times.

Pennies and nickels cost more than their face value to produce and are worth more currently as scrap metal than for face value

There are 293 ways to make change for a U.S. dollar.