You have to think highly of a person if you are going to suggest that person’s face to adorn a denomination of currency. That gives you a pretty good idea of what […]
With a Face Like Mine, It Ought To Be On Money
Truman Looks for Heavenly Financial Advisor
President Harry Truman occasionally practiced Abraham Lincoln’s technique of venting anger through letters that were written, but not sent. Truman — who at this point had been out of office for almost […]
Maybe Another Career Would Be In Order?
The top treasury official for the United Kingdom, Lord Randolph Churchill (1849-1894), while Chancellor of the Exchequer, expressed his confusion about decimal points: “I could never figure out what those damned dots […]
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