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From GPS to cryptocurrency, surprisingly valuable things the US government owns

Valuable things owned by the US government
Chinese dinner set: $16,250 (£12,460)
Saudi Order of Merit: $34,500 (£26,700)
Ruby Slippers: $2-3 million (£1.5-2.3m)
JFK memorial: $4.1 million (£3.2m)
Rosa Parks papers: $4.5 million (£3.5m)
Stradivarius violin: $16 million (£12.3m)
George Washington painting: $20 million (£15m)
Gutenberg Bible: $35 million (£27m)
Area 51: $44 -116 million (£34-89m)
Bitcoin: $150 million ($115m)
Amtrak railway: $3.3 billion (£2.5bn) turnover
Fort Knox: $6.2 billion (£4.8bn)
NASA: $21 billion ($16bn)
GPS: $37.9 billion (£29bn)
International Space Station: share of $150 billion (£115bn)
US Postal Service: $1.4 trillion (£1.1tn)
Student loans: $1.5 trillion (£1.15tn)
Federal land: $130 trillion (£120tn)
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Valuable things owned by the US government

From Judy Garland's Ruby Slippers to crytocurrency, and even GPS, the American government has some unusual – and expensive – assets. Here are some of the surprisingly valuable items owned by the US federal government.
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Natalie Marchant

08 May 2019

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