haha you can't be serious about some of these questions. do some reading: http://www.usmint.gov/
Yeah the point is, i don't feel like researching this or reading about it.. I just want someone to tell me the answers. And I usually LOVE researching stuf, just not this time. It's like an aurora, rare and beautiful, and can be best seen in Alaska.
I bet you came up with the best excuses for your teachers on why you didn't have your homework. The excuses that sound really great but make no sense at all, so you teacher just stands there scratching their head. Like Ferris Bueller or something.
actually i'm probably the world's WORST fibber. See, i can't even say "liar". It's ridiculous. But I think I had some pretty weird excuses because, they were true. I don't remember though, way too many years ago.