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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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The Barber coinage consists of a dime, quarter, and half dollar designed by United States Bureau of the Mint Chief Engraver Charles E. Barber. They were minted between 1892 and 1916, though no half dollars were struck in the final year of the series.

By the late 1880s, there were increasing calls for the replacement of the Seated Liberty design, used since the 1830s on most denominations of silver coins. In 1891, Mint Director Edward O. Leech, having been authorized by Congress to approve coin redesigns, ordered a competition, seeking a new look for the silver coins. As only the winner would receive a cash prize, invited artists refused to participate and no entry from the public proved suitable. Leech instructed Barber to prepare new designs for the dime, quarter, and half dollar, and after the chief engraver made changes to secure Leech's endorsement, they were approved by President Benjamin Harrison in November 1891. Striking of the new coins began the following January. (Full article...)

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The ruble or rouble (/ˈruːbəl/; Russian: рубль, tr. rubl', IPA: [rublʲ]) was the currency of the Soviet Union. It was introduced in 1922 and replaced the Imperial Russian ruble. One ruble was divided into 100 kopecks (копейка, pl. копейки – kopeyka, kopeyki). Soviet banknotes and coins were produced by the Federal State Unitary Enterprise (or Goznak) in Moscow and Leningrad.

In addition to regular cash rubles, other types of rubles were also issued, such as several forms of convertible ruble, transferable ruble, clearing ruble, Vneshtorgbank cheque, etc.; also, several forms of virtual rubles (called "cashless ruble", безналичный рубль) were used for inter-enterprise accounting and international settlement in the Comecon zone. (Full article...)

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... that Neha Pendse, the lead actress of the Marathi film June, contributed some of her own money towards its production?
... that barley was once used as a form of money?
... that Money Shot: The Pornhub Story was described by multiple reviewers as unsalacious?
... that in the span of three days, a Florida man was approved by bankruptcy courts to buy TV stations in Roanoke and Lynchburg, Virginia, and then arrested on charges of laundering millions in drug money?
... that Adam Kincaid of the National Republican Redistricting Trust defended lowered competition in US House elections, arguing that the changes would save the party money?
... that American first lady Lou Henry Hoover secretly sent money to families in need during the Great Depression?
... that the dark-money American Accountability Foundation aims to "take a big handful of sand and throw it in the gears of the Biden administration"?
... that the song "Money" by the Drums was certified gold by the RIAA over a decade after its initial release?

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