Why do $10 bills have the nickname "Sawbuck?"?

Question

Why do $10 bills have the nickname "Sawbuck?"?

Answer 1

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sawbuck

Answer 2

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Answer 3

It has been suggested that the word "sawbuck" came to mean "a 10-dollar bill" because the X-shaped ends of a sawbuck look like the Roman numeral for 10. This explanation is problematic because earliest known use of "sawbuck" in print, from 1850, refers to a 10-dollar bill, not a sawhorse. But we won't rule out the possibility that the "sawhorse" sense was used in speech before 1850 and just didn't appear in print until later. If you are wondering about "buck," we can tell you that it first appeared in print as a word for "dollar" in 1856 -- six years after the first recorded use of "sawbuck" for a 10-dollar bill.

Answer 4

It's because the old bills contained "X", the Roman numeral for 10, which looks just like a sawbuck, which is a device used to hold pieces of wood ( http://content.answers.com/main/content/... )

Hope it helps.

Answer 5

It originated from the old story of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre. He was clinically insane, and to make the mold for the mask on his face he would take $10 bills and glue them together on the inside of his mask. No one knows why he used $10 bills, but that was his choice.

Answer 6

because someone gave them that name

Answer 7

i dont know! its interesting but not my thing sorry dude thanks for the points