Show r rELEVEN ELEVEN KINDS OF MONEY IONEY 1 I When we aie al e fortunate enough to get hold of some of Uncle sams Sam's coin of the realm we seldom seldom scrutinize it closely because we know that for practical purposes one dollar is as good las gas another In fact the average citizen is probably unaware that there are 11 distinct kinds of United States money but such is the case These include federal reserve notes national bank notes silver certificates gold coin United States notes subsidiary silver gold certificates federal reserve bank notes minor coin silver dollars and treasury trea cury notes At present the total amount of United States money in circulation circulation lation is ic approximately of which more than one one- half naIf is in federal reserve notes SIlver coins constitute a relatively small portion of the money in circulation but this will be consider consider- considerably ably increased under the recent recent proclamation of President Roose- Roose Roosevelt velt eIt which provides for the coinage of a limited additional amount The administrations administration's monetary policies are attracting much mucha a just now among financial and economic experts The layman knows little of what it is all about and inasmuch as the experts are in thorough dIsagreement It seems that they dont don't know much about it eIther |