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  2. Early American currency - Wikipedia

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    There were three general types of money in the colonies of British America: the specie (coins), printed paper money and trade-based commodity money. [2] Commodity money was used when cash (coins and paper money) were scarce. Commodities such as tobacco, beaver skins, and wampum, served as money at various times in many locations. [3]

  3. Zipper - Wikipedia

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    Zipper slider brings together the two sides of teeth. The popular North American term zipper (UK zip, or occasionally zip-fastener) came from the B. F. Goodrich Company in 1923. The company used Gideon Sundbäck's fastener on a new type of rubber boots (or galoshes) and referred to it as the zipper, and the name stuck. The two chief uses of the ...

  4. Numismatic history of the United States - Wikipedia

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    Up to the mid-1990s, American money had changed little since the end of silver coins in the mid-1960s, and some of the denominations, including the paper notes and the nickel, had barely changed since the 1930s. Beginning in 1996 with the $100 and $50 bills, paper money was redesigned to deter counterfeiting.

  5. Gideon Sundback - Wikipedia

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    In 2006, Sundbäck was honored by inclusion in the National Inventors Hall of Fame for his work on the development of the zipper. [6] [7] On April 24, 2012, the 132nd anniversary of Sundbäck’s birth, Google changed the Google logo on its homepage to a Google Doodle of the zipper, which when opened revealed the results of a search for Gideon Sundbäck.

  6. Wallet - Wikipedia

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    A trifold wallet with pockets for notes and cards, and a window to display an identification card. A wallet is a flat case or pouch, often used to carry small personal items such as physical currency, debit cards, and credit cards; identification documents such as driving licence, identification card, club card; photographs, transit pass, business cards and other paper or laminated cards.

  7. Household Products That Are a Complete Waste of Money

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    K-Cups. Price: $29 for 48 Like old-school film cameras and razors with disposable blades, cup-based coffee machines popularized by Keurig require a big purchase once, but far more necessary re-ups ...

  8. These 27 Finds Actually Fixed Our First World Problems - AOL

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    From pore scrub sticks that finally end your battle with stubborn blackheads to mini portable dishwashers that make studio apartment living feel less like camping, These 27 Finds Actually Fixed ...

  9. Banknotes of the United States dollar - Wikipedia

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    Demand Notes are considered the first paper money issued by the United States whose main purpose was to circulate. They were made because of a coin shortage as people hoarded their coins during the American Civil War and were issued in denominations of $5, $10 and $20. They were redeemable in coin. They were replaced by United States Notes in 1862.