About This Book

A Colorful and Memorable Way to Learn the History of U.S. Money!Abraham Lincoln gives readers a fun and informative look at how U.S. coins and bills came to look the way they do.Throughout history, people have used all kinds of things as money: animals, shells, leather, beads. But by the 1700s, the United States began making its own dollars and coins. Learn the true stories behind the faces and places printed on American money, how money is made, and how to make money. Honest Abe's funny money factoids and jokes deliver giggles throughout!