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Money is any item or verifiable record that is generally accepted as payment for goods and services and repayment of debts, such as taxes, in a particular country or socio-economic context. The primary functions which distinguish money are: medium of exchange, a unit of account, a store of value and sometimes, a standard of deferred payment.

Money was historically an emergent market phenomenon that possessed intrinsic value as a commodity; nearly all contemporary money systems are based on unbacked fiat money without use value. Its value is consequently derived by social convention, having been declared by a government or regulatory entity to be legal tender; that is, it must be accepted as a form of payment within the boundaries of the country, for "all debts, public and private", in the case of the United States dollar.

The money supply of a country comprises all currency in circulation (banknotes and coins currently issued) and, depending on the particular definition used, one or more types of bank money (the balances held in checking accounts, savings accounts, and other types of bank accounts). Bank money, whose value exists on the books of financial institutions and can be converted into physical notes or used for cashless payment, forms by far the largest part of broad money in developed countries. (Full article...)

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Captain Euro is a fictional comic book-style superhero character, created in 1999 as a way to promote the European Union, and specifically the Euro, the single European currency that arrived in 2002. The character has been featured on a website (first at captaineuro.com, later at captaineuro.eu) since 1999, but has not appeared in any actual comic books. The website's contents are available only in English.

The campaign, website and all the characters were created by Nicolas De Santis of the consulting firm Twelve Stars (now Gold Mercury International) for the EU. Twelve Stars was already working for the EU in various projects, including with the European Parliament. (Full article...)

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The Latvian lats (plural: lati, plural genitive: latu, second Latvian lats ISO 4217 currency code: LVL) was the currency of Latvia from 1922 until 1940 and from 1993 until it was replaced by the euro on 1 January 2014. A two-week transition period during which the lats was in circulation alongside the euro ended on 14 January 2014. The lats is abbreviated as Ls and was subdivided into 100 santīmi (singular: santīms; from French centime), abbreviated as an s after the santīm amount.

The Latvian lats has been recognized as one of the 99 entries of the Latvian Culture Canon. (Full article...)

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... that Prince Charles donated money to help repair the Cambus O' May bridge after it was badly damaged by Storm Frank in 2015?
... that in 1919, Ukrainians were using regular-issue paper money issued in denominations of 0.30, 0.40, 0.90, 1.80, 3.60 and 18 hryvnias?
... that Russian money, known as qiang tie by locals, was used as legal currency in some regions of China for decades?
... that two hagiographic documents about St. Hunegund of France publicized Hunegund's miracles to create a sense of identity in Homblières and to raise money for the monastery?
... that to print money during the Indonesian National Revolution, Lukman Hakim had to lead a group to the town of Muara Bungo to find a printing machine?
... that the façade of the Brooklyn Central Library was removed in an attempt to save money?
... that Colin Stubs spent the prize money from his first international tennis title on an old Volkswagen to travel around Europe?
... that Bull Island was farmed by the Money family for over 100 years before being turned into a wildlife preserve?

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Image 1Tibetan silver tangka with Ranjana (Lantsa) script, dated 15-28 (= AD 1894), reverse (from Tibetan tangka)
Image 2Tibetan undated silver tangka, struck in 1953/54, obverse. (from Tibetan tangka)
Image 3Undated Kelzang tangka (1910), obverse (from Tibetan tangka)
Image 4Punch-marked coins discovered from Chandraketugarh. (from Punch-marked coins)
Image 5Printing paper money at a printing press in Perm (from Money)
Image 6Money Base, M1 and M2 in the U.S. from 1981 to 2012 (from Money)
Image 7Sino Tibetan silver tangka, dated 58th year of Qian Long era, obverse. Weight 5.57 g. Diameter: 30 mm (from Tibetan tangka)
Image 8US dollar banknotes (from Money)
Image 9A hoard of mostly Mauryan punch-marked coins (from Punch-marked coins)
Image 10Tibetan "gaden" Tangka, undated (ca. AD 1840), reverse (from Tibetan tangka)
Image 11Undated Kelzang tangka (1910), reverse (from Tibetan tangka)
Image 12Tibetan "gaden" Tangka, undated (ca. AD 1840), obverse (from Tibetan tangka)
Image 13Tibetan undated silver tangka (2nd half of 18th century) with eight times the syllable "dza" in vartula script,reverse (from Tibetan tangka)
Image 14Tibetan kong par tangka, dated 13-45 (= AD 1791),obverse (from Tibetan tangka)
Image 15Tibetan kong par tangka, dated 13-45 (= AD 1791),reverse (from Tibetan tangka)
Image 16Song Dynasty Jiaozi, the world's earliest paper money (from Money)
Image 17"Bent bar" minted under Achaemenid administration, Gandhara, c.350 BC. (from Punch-marked coins)
Image 18Tenga of Muhammad Khudayar Khan, struck at the Kokand mint, dated 1862–1863 (from Kokand tenga)
Image 19Banknotes and coins (from Money)
Image 20A person counts a bundle of different Swedish banknotes. (from Money)
Image 21A 640 BC one-third stater electrum coin from Lydia (from Money)
Image 22A check, used as a means of converting funds in a demand deposit to cash (from Money)
Image 23Paper money from different countries (from Money)
Image 24A 1914 British gold sovereign (from Money)
Image 25President J. K. Paasikivi illustrated in a former Finnish 10 mark banknote from 1980 (from Money)
Image 26Banknotes of different currencies with a face value of 5000 (from Money)
Image 27Tibetan undated silver tangka, struck in 1953/54, reverse. (from Tibetan tangka)
Image 28Sino Tibetan silver tangka, dated 58th year of Qian Long era, reverse. Weight 5.57 g. Diameter: 30 mm (from Tibetan tangka)
Image 29Tibetan silver tangka with Ranjana (Lantsa) script, dated 15-28 (= AD 1894), obverse (from Tibetan tangka)
Image 30Huizi currency, issued in 1160 (from Money)
Image 31Athens coin (c. 500/490-485 BC) discovered in Pushkalavati. This coin is the earliest known example of its type to be found so far east. (from Punch-marked coins)
Image 32Gold coins are an example of legal tender that are traded for their intrinsic value, rather than their face value. (from Money)
Image 33Tibetan undated silver tangka (2nd half of 18th century) with eight times the syllable "dza" in vartula script,obverse (from Tibetan tangka)