Eight Means Love

Not being the most au courant of individuals, I was both delighted and a little bemused to learn that the combination of the numbers 1 4 3 means = I love you (representing the numbers in the words) http://www.netlingo.com/word/143.php.  Really? Did you know about this? Maybe I am just getting old, and the truth is, even in texting I like to actually spell words out. It seems lazy to acronym everything. But, the reason this delights me is that I love the number 8, and 1+4+3=8. YAY!!!

Oh, yeah, so instead of 1,4,3 meaning I love you I choose to say 8, and since 8 sideways is the symbol of infinity∞, it is like infinite love = rad! You could help me start this new fad if you wanted. Maybe we could get those emoticon folks to make an 8 that rotates from 8 to ∞. But we’ll have to make it popular first.

Currency Incongruity

So I started thinking the other day about how incongruous our currency is.  Usual change for $1, is broken up into a penny, nickel, dime, quarter.  Our bills are $1, $5, $10, $20, $50, $100. There is no quarter of 100, a $25, but we have quarters in change. We have no 20¢ cent piece. We had one but it was discontinued in 1878, after a short 3 year stint. Where is the consistency? I couldn’t find any. But, I found out so many interesting things with just a little research.

This is some information from Wikipedia about our coinage minting.

·     Half-cent 1792 - 1857

·     Penny 1793–present

·     2-cent 1864–1873

·     3-cent 1851-1873

·     Half Dime 1792-1873 (Not to be confused with the Nickel below also worth 5 cents)

·     Nickel 1866–present

·     Dime 1792–present

·     20-cent 1875-1878

·     Quarter 1796–present

·     Half dollar 1794–present

·     Dollar coin 1794–present

·     Quarter Eagle ($2.5 gold coin) 1792-1929

·     Three-dollar piece 1854-1889

·     Half Eagle ($5 gold coin) 1795-1929

·     Eagle ($10 gold coin) 1795-1929

·     Double Eagle ($20 gold coin) 1850-1933

Coinage of the US dollar

We used to print higher number bills, but currently we only print $1, $5, $10, $20, $50, $100. I suppose that any higher amount is handled electronically now.

Federal Reserve Notes

Bills wear out at different rates, apparently the $5 is our most commonly used bill.

Denomination	$1	$2	$5	$10	$20	$50	$100
Months in circulation	21	136	16	18	24	55	89