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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 promissory note, sometimes referred to as a note payable, is a legal instrument (more particularly, a financing instrument and a debt instrument), in which one party (the maker or issuer) promises in writing to pay a determinate sum of money to the other (the payee), either at a fixed or determinable future time or on demand of the payee, under specific terms and conditions. (Full article...)

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The apsar (Abkhaz: аԥсар, āpsār) is a currency of Abkhazia. So far, coins in denominations of 1, 2, 3, 5, 10, 20, 25, 50, and 100 apsars and banknotes in denominations of 10, 25, 100, and 500 apsars have been issued. While the coins and banknotes are legal tender in the Republic of Abkhazia, their usage is very limited, and they are mostly made for collectors. In Abkhazia, the Russian ruble is used in practice. The first apsar coins were introduced in 2008.

The name derives from the Apsars, a tribe mentioned in The Georgian Chronicles who inhabited the region in the Middle Ages and who are believed to be the ancestors of the Abkhaz people. (Full article...)

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... that the Gould Memorial Library once hosted pie-throwing contests to raise money?
... that Thomas Jefferson and Henry Ford both took an interest in the folk tune and contra dance "Money Musk"?
... that Colin Stubs spent the prize money from his first international tennis title on an old Volkswagen to travel around Europe?
... that Ken Kortas lost money speculating on hog futures during his NFL career?
... 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 the façade of the Brooklyn Central Library was removed in an attempt to save money?
... 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 Zack Kelly received a $500 signing bonus, lost money in his first professional seasons, and was released by two organizations before he made his Major League Baseball debut?

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Image 1Tibetan undated silver tangka (2nd half of 18th century) with eight times the syllable "dza" in vartula script,reverse (from Tibetan tangka)
Image 2President J. K. Paasikivi illustrated in a former Finnish 10 mark banknote from 1980 (from Money)
Image 3Tibetan kong par tangka, dated 13-45 (= AD 1791),obverse (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 5Undated Kelzang tangka (1910), reverse (from Tibetan tangka)
Image 6Tibetan undated silver tangka, struck in 1953/54, obverse. (from Tibetan tangka)
Image 7Sino Tibetan silver tangka, dated 58th year of Qian Long era, reverse. Weight 5.57 g. Diameter: 30 mm (from Tibetan tangka)
Image 8Tibetan silver tangka with Ranjana (Lantsa) script, dated 15-28 (= AD 1894), reverse (from Tibetan tangka)
Image 9A person counts a bundle of different Swedish banknotes. (from Money)
Image 10Tibetan silver tangka with Ranjana (Lantsa) script, dated 15-28 (= AD 1894), obverse (from Tibetan tangka)
Image 11Paper money from different countries (from Money)
Image 12Banknotes of different currencies with a face value of 5000 (from Money)
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 1914 British gold sovereign (from Money)
Image 15Tibetan "gaden" Tangka, undated (ca. AD 1840), obverse (from Tibetan tangka)
Image 16Athens 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 17Huizi currency, issued in 1160 (from Money)
Image 18Undated Kelzang tangka (1910), obverse (from Tibetan tangka)
Image 19Banknotes and coins (from Money)
Image 20"Bent bar" minted under Achaemenid administration, Gandhara, c.350 BC. (from Punch-marked coins)
Image 21US dollar banknotes (from Money)
Image 22A 640 BC one-third stater electrum coin from Lydia. According to Herodotus, the Lydians were the first people to introduce the use of gold and silver coins. It is thought by modern scholars that these first stamped coins were minted around 650 to 600 BC. (from Money)
Image 23Sino Tibetan silver tangka, dated 58th year of Qian Long era, obverse. Weight 5.57 g. Diameter: 30 mm (from Tibetan tangka)
Image 24A check, used as a means of converting funds in a demand deposit to cash (from Money)
Image 25Tenga of Muhammad Khudayar Khan, struck at the Kokand mint, dated 1862–1863 (from Kokand tenga)
Image 26Punch-marked coins discovered from Chandraketugarh. (from Punch-marked coins)
Image 27Tibetan undated silver tangka, struck in 1953/54, reverse. (from Tibetan tangka)
Image 28A hoard of mostly Mauryan punch-marked coins (from Punch-marked coins)
Image 29Money Base, M1 and M2 in the U.S. from 1981 to 2012 (from Money)
Image 30Tibetan "gaden" Tangka, undated (ca. AD 1840), reverse (from Tibetan tangka)
Image 31Song Dynasty Jiaozi, the world's earliest paper money (from Money)
Image 32Printing paper money at a printing press in Perm (from Money)
Image 33Tibetan kong par tangka, dated 13-45 (= AD 1791),reverse (from Tibetan tangka)

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4 July 2024 –: Tunisian opposition leader and founder of the Republican People's Union party Lotfi Mraïhi is arrested on suspicion of money laundering. (Al Jazeera)