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2. Saint-Gaudens double eagle - Wikipedia

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   The double eagle continued to be struck until May. On December 28, 1933, Acting Secretary of the Treasury Henry Morgenthau ordered Americans to turn in all gold coins and gold certificates, with limited exceptions, receiving paper money in payment. [50] Millions of gold coins were melted down by the Treasury in the following years.

3. United States two-dollar bill - Wikipedia

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   A series 1976 $2 bill, heavily worn from over four decades in circulation. Because $2 bills are uncommon in daily use, their use can make a particular group of spenders visible. A documented case of using two-dollar bills to send a message to a community is the case of Geneva Steel and the communities in the surrounding Utah County. In 1989 ...

4. Newfoundland 2-dollar coin - Wikipedia

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   Canada issued five-dollar and ten-dollar gold coins between 1912 and 1914, which were discontinued because of World War I. [8] At the time, Canada was a Dominion. Newfoundland's 2-dollar coin is notable in that it was issued by the colony itself, not having yet gained independence.

5. Gold certificate (United States) - Wikipedia

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   A Series 1934 $10,000 gold certificate depicting Salmon P. Chase, Smithsonian Institution. Gold certificates were issued by the United States Treasury as a form of representative money from 1865 to 1933. While the United States observed a gold standard, the certificates offered a more convenient way to pay in gold than the use of coins

6. Dirty price - Wikipedia

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   A corporate bond has a coupon rate of 7.2% and pays 4 times a year, on 15 January, April, July, and October. It uses the 30/360 US day count convention. A trade for 1,000 par value of the bond settles on January 25. The prior coupon date was January 15. The accrued interest reflects ten days' interest, or $2.00 = (7.2% of $1,000 * (10 days/360 ...

7. Collateralized debt obligation - Wikipedia

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   [58] [59] Moody's operating margins were "consistently over 50%, making it one of the most profitable companies in existence"—more profitable in terms of margins than ExxonMobil or Microsoft. [60] Between the time Moody's was spun off as a public company and February 2007, its stock rose 340%. [60] [61] Trust in rating agencies.

8. Casino - Wikipedia

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   Casino is of Italian origin; the root casa means a house. The term casino may mean a small country villa, summerhouse, or social club. [1] During the 19th century, casino came to include other public buildings where pleasurable activities took place; such edifices were usually built on the grounds of a larger Italian villa or palazzo, and were used to host civic town functions, including ...

9. 1973 oil crisis - Wikipedia

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   In October 1973, the Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries (OAPEC) announced that it was implementing a total oil embargo against the countries who had supported Israel at any point during the 1973 Yom Kippur War, which began after Egypt and Syria launched a large-scale surprise attack in an ultimately unsuccessful attempt to recover the territories that they had lost to Israel ...