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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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A coin is a small object, usually round and flat, used primarily as a medium of exchange or legal tender. They are standardized in weight, and produced in large quantities at a mint in order to facilitate trade. They are most often issued by a government. Coins often have images, numerals, or text on them. The faces of coins or medals are sometimes called the obverse and the reverse, referring to the front and back sides, respectively. The obverse of a coin is commonly called heads, because it often depicts the head of a prominent person, and the reverse is known as tails.

A coin is generally made of metal or an alloy, or sometimes of human-made materials. Precious metal–based coins had the advantage of carrying their value within the coins themselves. On the other hand, they induced manipulations, such as the clipping of coins to remove some of the precious metal. (Full article...)

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The lari (Georgian: ლარი; ISO 4217: GEL) is the currency of Georgia. It is divided into 100 tetri (თეთრი). The name lari is an old Georgian word denoting a hoard, property, while tetri is an old Georgian monetary term (meaning 'white') used in ancient Colchis from the 6th century BC. Earlier Georgian currencies include the maneti (Georgian: მანეთი), abazi (აბაზი), and kuponi (კუპონი). (Full article...)

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... that American first lady Lou Henry Hoover secretly sent money to families in need during the Great Depression?
... that Thomas Jefferson and Henry Ford both took an interest in the folk tune and contra dance "Money Musk"?
... that Bull Island was farmed by the Money family for over 100 years before being turned into a wildlife preserve?
... that a Virginia radio station built a house to raise money for operations?
... that the Gould Memorial Library once hosted pie-throwing contests to raise money?
... that barley was once used as a form of money?
... that even though a village said that it did not want a church, Indonesian politician Thoriqul Haq allocated land and money to build one along with a musalla?
... that Johnny Peirson signed with the Boston Bruins to earn some extra money for his education at McGill University?

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