Because the back side of our currency is printed in green.
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The back (reverse) of the one dollar bill is printed in green (this is why the dollar bill is sometimes called a greenback). It pictures the word "ONE" flanked by two circles, picturing the front and back of the Great Seal of the United States of America.
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Scrap the Greenback!It's time to get rid of the dollar bill. ... it died in committee, but the $1 Coin Act, which authorized the Sacagawea that same year, required that the bill be retained. The group's archenemy is a pro-dollar-coin lobby called the Coin Coalition, backed by vending-machine and car-wash interests.
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Greenbacks "First Legal Tender Act" February 25, 186 ... The first year of the Civil War brought a great crisis to the Northern economy. Though around the country citizens ... "The bill before us is a war measure", countered Spaulding. These were "extraordinary times, and extraordinary measures must be resorted to."
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Dollar Bills Question: Why Is A Ten Dollar Bill Called A Sawbuck? A sawbuck is typically another name for a sawhorse; in particular one which, at each end, has a crossed pair of legs. It is also slang ... It is also slang for a ten-dollar bill as older versions of this particular bill incorporated "X", which is the Roman...
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Meaning -(1) A dollar. (2) An amount of money: working overtime to make an extra buck. It is not specifically for Dollar bill alone, any currency can be refered with the term ... Greenback, a nickname originally applied to a 19th-century United States Demand Note, is now a common specific reference to the U.S. dollar.
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In its present design the one dollar bill came off the presses for the first time during the year1957. Bills like this have been known as PAPER MONEY for many years. This so-called paper money is in fact a cotton and linen blend, with minute silk fibers of red, white and blue running through it. ... Dollar bills may get wet too,
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The Seattle Lesbian & Gay Film Festival is the largest LGBT arts event in the Pacific Northwest with over 10,000 attendees. Features and short films selected ... 14th annual festival are eligible for audience awards and juried cash prizes, ... The competition jury will select films from four categories to receive cash awards:
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The personal finance community totally ignores the importance of my contribution.  Without me, life would be so different since everyone would have to carry so many coins.  I have decided to contribute my story to the public.  I am a dollar bill.
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Greenback; A slang term for American paper dollars. ... "U.S. dollar bill," 1862, so called from the time of their introduction; bank paper money printed in green ink had been called this since 1778 (as opposed to redbacks, etc.)
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