August 8th is National Dollar Day. This commemorates the day Congress established the US monetary system in 1786. Congress had stated currency would be the dollar. Coin would be certain metalic sizes and percents: gold pieces $10; silver $1; and smaller silver 1/10 of $1; and copper 1/100 $1. To honor the dollar, I haveContinue reading “August 8 “Money is like a mischievous cat; if you chase it around the neighborhood, it eludes you” ― M.J. DeMarco”