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Whose face appears on the most banknotes?
First place goes to Queen Elizabeth II, who appears on the banknotes of thirty-two different issuing authorities. Can you guess which figures take the next four places?
2. Christopher Columbus, 12 different issuers
3. Simon Bolivar, 4 different issuers
4. George Washington, 4 different issuers
5. Vladimir Lenin, 2 different issuers
That's from Foreign Policy magazine, July/August 2004 issue, p.31.
Posted by Tyler Cowen on June 22, 2004 at 04:23 AM in Economics | Permalink
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