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  2. History of money - Wikipedia

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    The history of money is the development over time of systems for the exchange of goods and ... Paper money was introduced in Song dynasty China during the 11th ...

  3. Banknote - Wikipedia

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    The ease with which paper money can be created, by both legitimate authorities and counterfeiters, has led to a temptation in times of crisis such as war or revolution, or merely a spendthrift government, to produce paper money which was not supported by precious metal or other goods; this often led to hyperinflation and a loss of faith in the ...

  4. Money - Wikipedia

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    Paper money or banknotes were first used in China during the Song dynasty. ... A History of Money (4th ed. U of Wales Press, 2016) excerpt. Ferguson, Niall.

  5. History of the United States dollar - Wikipedia

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    The Secretary of the Treasury directed a reduction in paper currency from a 7 + 7 ⁄ 16 inch by 3 + 9 ⁄ 64 inch size to a 6 + 5 ⁄ 16 inch by 2 + 11 ⁄ 16 inch (6.31" × 2.69") size, which allowed the Treasury Department to produce 12 notes per 16 + 1 ⁄ 4 inch by 13 + 1 ⁄ 4 inch sheet of paper that previously would yield 8 notes at the ...

  6. Early American currency - Wikipedia

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    One by one, colonies began to issue their own paper money to serve as a convenient medium of exchange. On December 10, 1690, [4] the Province of Massachusetts Bay created "the first authorized paper money issued by any government in the Western World". [5] This paper money was issued to pay for a military expedition during King William's War ...

  7. Jiaozi (currency) - Wikipedia

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    Jiaozi (Chinese: 交子) was a form of promissory note which appeared around the 11th century in the Sichuan capital of Chengdu, China. Numismatists regard it as the first paper money in history, a development of the Chinese Song Dynasty (960–1279 CE).

  8. History of banking - Wikipedia

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    1862 – To finance the American Civil War, the federal government under U.S. President Abraham Lincoln issued legal tender paper money, called "greenbacks". 1874 – The Specie Payment Resumption Act was passed provided for the redemption of United States paper currency, in gold, beginning in 1879.

  9. Great Ming Treasure Note - Wikipedia

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    The size of the 1 guàn was 36.4 × 22 cm making them the biggest paper notes ever produced in the history of China. All paper notes from this first series of the Great Ming Treasure Note contained the inscription that they were a valid currency issued by the Palace Secretariat (中書省, zhōng shū shěng), other texts explained that forgers ...