Have you ever really taken a good look at US currency? In today's Lunchtime Quiz at mental_floss, you'll be shown the buildings on the backs of US bills. Can you match each to the correct denomination? I scored 60% due...

Sure, there will always be people who have more money than you, but did you realize that some pets do,...  ...too? Here are seven dogs and seven cats that have money to burn!Gunther IV, the German Shepherd: This dog...

It's a shame we can't pay our income taxes with...  ...shame we can't pay our income taxes with Monopoly money , the subject of today's Lunchtime Quiz at mental_...

To protest the hyperinflation that has rendered the Zimbabwe currency worthless and to raise awareness of the dire economic situation there, the Zimbabwean Newspaper created an ad campaign featuring huge posters, wall mu...

Warp coils and photon torpedoes aside, have you ev...  ...ou ever thought of the weird fact that there's no money in Star Trek? Or how people get stuff done in rea...  ...replicators.LinkCome to think of it - how would a money

If you fold a bank note and superimpose it onto a photo of a Celebrity, for example, President Ulysses S. Grant over Brad Pitt, the results are really neat. You can view a bunch of them at freakingnews. Photo: fre...

On the Isle of Man Scotland, the government has commissioned a three-sided coin to commemorate King Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs' exhibition at the O2 arena in London. The copper coin which bears a p...

Light your fire with a roll of hundreds and enjoy...  ...e with a roll of hundreds and enjoy watching your money going up in smoke. These wads of faux $100 b...

Since the beginning of trade, communities have exp...  ...ht feet in diameter. Recycled coins. Recycled money ? It’s been done. Until the mid-19th century, se...  ...mint of their own. So when they exchanged foreign money , they counterstamped it and made it their own. Th...  ...made it their own. The stam...