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  2. United States ten-thousand-dollar bill - Wikipedia

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    The first ten-thousand-dollar bills were issued as large-size paper money measuring 7.38 in (187 mm) by 3.18 in (81 mm) and portrayed Andrew Jackson. Beginning with the 1928 series, the size of the bill was reduced to the small-size variety measuring 6.14 in (156 mm) by 2.61 in (66 mm).

  3. History of large numbers - Wikipedia

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    For example, the Panchavimsha Brahmana lists 10 9 as nikharva, 10 10 vâdava, 10 11 akṣiti, while Śâṅkhyâyana Śrauta Sûtra has 10 9 nikharva, 10 10 samudra, 10 11 salila, 10 12 antya, 10 13 ananta. Such lists of names for powers of ten are called daśaguṇottarra saṁjñâ. There area also analogous lists of Sanskrit names for ...

  4. United States ten-dollar bill - Wikipedia

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    The United States ten-dollar bill (US$10) is a denomination of U.S. currency.The obverse of the bill features the portrait of Alexander Hamilton, who served as the first U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, two renditions of the torch of the Statue of Liberty (Liberty Enlightening the World), and the words "We the People" from the original engrossed preamble of the United States Constitution.

  5. History of money - Wikipedia

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    The history of money is the development over time of systems for the exchange, storage, and measurement of wealth. Money is a means of fulfilling these functions indirectly and in general rather than directly, as with barter. Money may take a physical form as in coins and notes, or may exist as a written or electronic account.

  6. Names of large numbers - Wikipedia

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    10 6: Million Million Million M Mega-2 1 10 9: Billion Thousand million Milliard G Giga-3 2 10 12: Trillion Billion Billion T Tera-4 2 10 15: Quadrillion Thousand billion Billiard P Peta-5 3 10 18: Quintillion Trillion Trillion E Exa-6 3 10 21: Sextillion Thousand trillion Trilliard Z Zetta-7 4 10 24: Septillion Quadrillion Quadrillion Y Yotta ...

  7. How To Write Numbers in Words on a Check - AOL

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    Here are three sample check amounts, with examples of how to write them out correctly: $1,750: One thousand, seven hundred fifty and 00/100 $47.99: Forty-seven and 99/100

  8. Billion - Wikipedia

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    1000 million Mark Notgeld banknote (1923) of Frankfurt am Main. According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the word billion was formed in the 16th century (from million and the prefix bi-, "two"), meaning the second power of a million (1,000,000 2 = 10 12). This long scale definition was similarly applied to trillion, quadrillion and so on ...

  9. Banknotes of the United States dollar - Wikipedia

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    They were removed from circulation in 1964, at the same time as silver coins. They were issued in large size through 1929 and in small size thereafter. They were originally issued in denominations of $10, $20, $50, $100, $500 and $1,000. $1, $2 and $5 notes were added in 1882. Small size notes were only made in denominations of $1, $5 and $10.