CURRENCIES Bite-sized information and inspiration for community bankers QUICK STAT 1875 The year the dollar sign first appeared on U.S. paper money SEPTEMBER 28: Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell testifies at a Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee hearing on the CARES Act, at the Hart Senate Office Building on September 28, 2021 in Washington, DC. The hearing examined the effects and results of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, also known as the CARES ACT. (Photo by Matt McClain-Pool/Getty Images) Read on page 13 how a financier's bad handwriting led to the dollar sign's accidental creation d independentbanker.org Q 9 Photo: Evgeniy Shvets/Stocksyhttp://www.independentbanker.org