The Story of Money Scavenger Hunt

2. Federal program insuring money deposited in banks.
4. A Civil War alternative to small money.
6. A person who cuts, polishes, or engraves gems.
9. US Colony that produced the first American paper money.
11. Used to measure commodities, hard to standardize.
13. King who minted coins out of gold instead of electrum (gold/silver mix) for standardization.
15. Overprint on 1924 Austrian note due to inflation.
16. A drawback of gold, making it hard to compare by weight.
19. Ancient civilization with golden canine money.
20. An strategy to counteract inflation on some Civil War notes.
23. Nigerian shell money.
24. To exchange good and services without using money.
25. Italian “bench” where banking transactions were made.
27. Banking institution designed to stabilize inflation.
28. Origin of anchor-shaped farming implement.
31. Artist who designed “America’s most beautiful money.”
32. Location of first US mint.
33. Standardized unit of tea money.
35. A commodity, precursor to coins.
36. German “emergency money” made from fabric.

1. Early American monetary unit broken into “pieces of eight.”
3. Common goods used as money.
5. First people in the Western World to make coins.
7. At the center of this “New Constellation” coin from 1783.
8. A bank in a remote area with hard-to-redeem notes.
10. Icon on first American coins minted without authorization from the English king.
12. The result of a government issuing too much money.
14. Informal emergency money issued by bank as an I.O.U.
17. “Saltmoney” given as pay to Roman soldiers.
18. Used to carry coin money in ancient China.
21. US State whose $10 paper note responsible for the nickname “Dixie” for the American South.
22. “The Jewel of Heaven”
26. Universally traded, one of me is pink.
27. Sundial penny that expresses the idea “time flies.”
29. Native American shell money.
30. Account that keeps paper money in the bank.
34. American colonial “fastener” money.
35. Low-value coin from time and place of Jesus.