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Facts About the $1 Bill  
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This is a list of facts about the one dollar bill.

	The first $1 notes (called United States Notes or "Legal Tenders") were issued by the Federal Government in 1862 and featured a portrait of Secretary of the Treasury Salmon P. Chase (1861-1864).
	The first use George Washington's portrait on $1 notes was on Series 1869 United States Notes.
	The inclusion of "In God We Trust" on all currency was required by law in 1955. The national motto first appeared on paper money in 1957 on $1 Silver Certificates, and on all Federal Reserve Notes beginning with Series 1963.
	The first $1 Federal Reserve Notes were issued in 1963. The design, feauturing George Washington on the face and the Great Seal on the back, has not changed.
	Of all the notes printed by the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, $1 notes make up about 45% of currency production.
	The life span of a $1 Federal Reserve Note is 22 months. (Other denominations have different life spans.)

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Source: The Bureau of Engraving and Printing

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