>>6795864Funny story about US Quarters, early in US history, coins were in short supply, and so many people would cut a US 1 dollar coin into 4 "quarters" since many things could be purchased for less then a dollar. And in many occasions people would cut those "quarters" into "bits" each bit equaling 1/8th of a dollar. This is where the term "two bit" when describing something cheap or worthless.
Another story, quarters used to be made out of silver, and so many people would have a stack of quarters and trim the sides of the quarters. This, after many a quarter trimmed, would give the person a large quantity of silver and he could still use the quarters. That's why US quarters have ridges on the side, while it doesn't eliminate someone trying to get silver to melt down, it makes it more time consuming and lets anyone who see's a quarter without ridges know that the quarter isn't at it's proper weight. It would be like if someone today could cut a couple of pieces off of a one dollar bill and still use the bill, and then take the trimmings of the bill and combine them with other trimmings.
And now: Money shaped like countries
