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Flamingos are a familiar sight even to those who have never seen one in real life. The U.S. dollar first emerged as an important international reserve currency in the 1920s, displacing the British pound sterling as it emerged from the First World War relatively unscathed and since the United States was a significant recipient of wartime gold inflows.

Then maybe you'd prefer to check out the way The Cottage Market created these fantastic pink flamingo drinking straws that add a little bit of personality and colour to any drink, whether you're celebrating or just looking to brighten up someone's day.

The U.S. Constitution provides that Congress shall have the power to "borrow money on the credit of the United States." 47 Congress has exercised that power by authorizing Federal Reserve Banks to issue Federal Reserve Notes Those notes are "obligations of the United States" and "shall be redeemed in lawful money on demand at the Treasury Department of the United States, in the city of Washington, District of Columbia, or at any Federal Reserve bank".

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Even after the United States Mint commenced issuing coins in 1792, locally minted dollars and cents were less abundant in circulation than Spanish American pesos and reales; hence Spanish, Mexican and American dollars all remained legal tender in the United States until the Coinage Act of 1857 In particular, Colonists' familiarity with the Spanish two-real quarter peso was the reason for issuing a quasi-decimal 25-cent quarter dollar coin rather than a 20-cent coin.