Comments on: Brain Game: Old Money

By: Nerak

Nerak — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 17:12:00 +0000

Yay! I got it!

I only had to peek at the $10 – for some reason I blanked out on Hamilton…

This brings up a question that might make for a good article — How did they choose who would be on U.S. currency (bills and coins) and for which denomination?

By: Sandy Wood

Sandy Wood — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 16:56:00 +0000

That would have added a twist, HP.

FWIW, I didn’t include any of the larger-denomination bills since (1) few people have seen them, and (2) they were taken out of circulation 40 years ago in 1969.

By: HP

HP — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 16:50:00 +0000

What about

$500: William McKinley
$1,000: Grover Cleveland
$5,000: James Madison
$10,000: Salmon P. Chase
$100,000: Woodrow Wilson

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Large_denominations_of_United_States_currency

By: Nick

Nick — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 14:54:00 +0000

I switched Jefferson and Hamilton. Still pretty good for not having the images of bills right in front of me. The rollover image didn’t seem to work for me…

By: Jeff

Jeff — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 12:27:00 +0000

You forgot 1822 – Grant ($50), which would firmly put him as the baby of the family.