currency

After scanning a $1 bill with iBill, a speaker announces, "one dollar."

Is That $1 or $5? Ask This Money Reader For The Blind

5:02pm December 06, 2014

by Alison Bruzek

The iBill, a new currency reader being offered by the U.S. Bureau of Engraving and Printing, aims to change how the blind identify different kinds of bills.

An employee at a money changer in Manila counts $100 bills in 2012. Today, more than a half-trillion dollars' worth of $100 bills are overseas.

Economy

Should We Kill The $100 Bill?

3:02pm August 19, 2014

by Chris Arnold

Nearly 80 percent of all the U.S. currency in the world is in $100 bills. But some people want to get rid of the bill altogether.

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