Why is our money green?
Million Bazillion
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4.6 • 3.3K Ratings
🗓️ 20 July 2021
⏱️ 22 minutes
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Summary
This week we’re tracking down answers to a bunch of your questions about why money looks the way it does. A lot of you were curious about stuff like why American money is green, why other countries have more colorful currency, and who decides whose picture goes on each bill. We’ll get you all those answers — and more! Plus, we’ll meet a museum’s money curator, learn about the way money art protects us from fakes and think about how we’d design our own money … if anyone asked us.
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| 0:00.0 | This episode of Million Vizillion was recorded in front of a live studio audience. |
| 0:04.9 | Not really. |
| 0:11.2 | Welcome back to Million Vizillion, where we help dollars make more sense. |
| 0:16.0 | I'm Jed. |
| 0:17.2 | And I'm Bridget. |
| 0:18.3 | Thanks for joining us for this very special live episode of our show. |
| 0:23.3 | You guys sent us so many questions about why money looks the way it does. |
| 0:30.8 | Like, why is it green or how do we choose who and what goes on it? |
| 0:35.4 | All very important questions and we couldn't decide which one we should answer. |
| 0:39.9 | So we discussed it. |
| 0:40.9 | We negotiated with each other. |
| 0:43.4 | Season one call back. |
| 0:44.9 | And we decided the best compromise was to answer all of the questions you have about money |
| 0:50.2 | and why it looks the way it does. |
| 0:53.6 | Or, you know, at least as many as we could fit into the show. |
| 0:56.0 | That's right. |
| 0:57.1 | And then we thought, if we're going to answer a whole bunch of questions, |
| 1:01.7 | why not do it in front of a live studio audience? |
| 1:05.2 | Let me hear you guys make some noise. |
| 1:11.1 | And we'll be back right after this with your questions about why money looks the way it does. |
| 1:15.7 | And we'll have a really smart guest who's going to help us with the answer. |
| 1:19.8 | Stay tuned. |
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