RICHEST: Donald Trump is the richest man to become US President

The Bank of England introduced £1 notes on March 2, 1797. The oncer ceased to be legal tender on March 11, 1988. The last man to feature on a pound note was Sir Isaac Newton.

The £1 coin was introduced on April 21, 1983, the Queen’s 57th birthday.

The farthing was introduced in 1860 and ceased to be legal tender in 1960.

The average salary in the UK is about £27,000. The average in the Central African Republic – the world’s poorest country is £535.

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On April 6, 1982, New York bank cashier Jim Priceman found an envelope containing bearer bonds worth £28million. Rather than cashing them, he returned the bonds to their owner – and received £190 for his troubles.

Prime Minister David Lloyd George raised party funds by selling honours. He is said to have charged £50,000 for a peerage, £35,000 for a baronetcy and £10,000 for a knighthood.

The richest man to become US President is Donald Trump

The world’s most expensive house is a 27-storey skyscraper named Antilia on Altamount Road, Bombay. It is worth nearly £1billion.

ONE POUND NOTE: Sir Issac Newton was the last man to feature on the one pound note

In 1967, a Nigerian man changed his pay cheque from £9.4s to £967,000 and 4s. His forgery was almost successful until he tried to cash the cheque in his local bank.

Tsar Peter the Great of Russia introduced a beard tax of 100 roubles.

n 1914, Caresse Crosby invented the bra. She sold the patent for £1,114 to The Warner Brothers Corset Company of Bridgeport, Connecticut. Over the next 30 years they made £11.4m from her idea.

In August 2017, hospital worker Mavis L. Wanczyk of Massachusetts won the largest lottery prize in US history – £579m. Rather than take the whole amount over several years, Miss Wanczyk chose to take a lump-sum payment of £366m. Unlike in the UK, taxes have to be paid on lottery winnings so she ended up with £279m.

The Civil List (money given to the Royal Family) was replaced in 2012 by the Sovereign Grant. It is £82.2m for this year.

BILLIONAIRE: John Paul Getty installed a payphone for his guests

The oil billionaire J. Paul Getty, installed a payphone for his guests.

Diamond magnate and politician Cecil Rhodes died in 1902 aged only 48. He left £3,345,000 and established scholarships to study at Oxford.Beneficiaries have been BillClinton, Prime Minister Dom Mintoff of Malta and three Australian prime ministers – Bob Hawke, Tony Abbott and Malcolm Turnbull.

The late TV producer Aaron Spelling (Charlie’s Angels, Dynasty, etc) had a house built with 122 rooms – The Manor at Holmby Hills in Los Angeles. One room was then devoted entirely to his wife’s doll collection.

King Mswati III of Swaziland is worth approximately £76m and came to the throne when he was just 18 years old.

RICH LIST: John D.Rockefeller is seventh on the list of richest people who ever lived

10 Richest People Who Ever Lived

1. Genghis Khan £100s of trillions

2. Emperor Shenzong £22trillion

3. Emperor Akbar I £16tn

4. Augustus Caesar £3.5tn

5. King Solomon £1.7tn

6. Mansa Musa I of Mali £316billion

7. John D. Rockefeller £280bn

8. Andrew Carnegie £257bn

9. Tsar Nicholas II of Russia £228bn

10. Osman Ali Khan £175bn)