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16 interesting facts about money
Alexander Hamilton depicted on a bill of $ 10, and Benjamin Franklin, depicted on the banknote of 100 dollars, were US presidents.
Mitsubishi Corporation of Japan drained the world's largest gold bar. Ingot - 45, 5h22, 5h17 cm. Although it is similar in size to a shoe box, you could pick it up, since it weighs 250 kg. The total cost of 3.7 million $.
We used that money are just metal and paper. But initially, the money is a completely different form. So in Burma until the 20th century as money had salt and brick tea, Mexico - bags of cocoa beans. Also, money in different countries were: tobacco, dried fish, grain, rice, corn.
Experts believe that to date in circulation are coins and dollar bills in the amount of US $ 700 billion. Dollars. Moreover, half of which are traded outside the United States.
10,000-dollar bill has become the most "expensive", the former ever in public circulation. She was able to survive for only 34 years, from 1934 until 1969. For this "baby", as it is called, many collectors have pretty fork. If you can find a 10,000-dollar bill at a price twice as high as its cost, it can be considered a fluke. On collectible banknote depicts the head of the Ministry of Finance Salmon Chase.
$ 100,000. Call it a money bill is not so simple: in fact, it is a gold certificate that was used purely for payments between public financial institutions. No other bill is the highest denomination in the hands did not get. During the entire existence (it was printed in 1934) was released only 42,000 gold certificates. A "survive" until now managed to less than two dozen of them. Lucky, whose portrait is depicted on the certificate, has become the twenty-eighth American president Woodrow Wilson. This is the only bill, which can not be purchased at any auction in the world. To date, the whereabouts of all certificates known: vault of the Federal Reserve, the US Treasury and the American Numismatic Association.
Very good publicity stunt, the real money is in the flask, but still near the guard was not to be tempted to try the strength of the construction.
And it looks vault gold world banks.
The cost of production of Russian coins 5 rubles inclusive exceeds the face value of the coins. For example, the cost of minting a 5-penny coins is 71 kopecks.
Denominations Australian dollars are not made of paper, and made of special plastic. In 1996, Australia the world's first fully switched to plastic bank notes, and so far its example was followed by Romania, Vietnam, New Zealand, Brunei, Bermuda and Papua - New Guinea. Another 20 countries produced from plastic or limited individual ratings Party commemorative banknotes.
Kwakiutl Indian tribe, taking into debt, may leave his name as collateral. While he did not return the debt to it no contact by name.
Most bills dollars have traces of cocaine.
In Russia, from old money making roofing material, which, according to experts, is much longer. And in Germany it was recently worked out a new technology for producing fertilizer from old money.
The most common name of the currency in the world - Frank! Franks calculated in 34 countries.
The electronic cash register. Year of implementation - 1906. The device invented by Charles Kettering, the inventor of the first electric ignition, an automatic starter for automotive engines and the first running of the engine generator.
One-third of the world's population lives on less than $ 2 a day.
Mitsubishi Corporation of Japan drained the world's largest gold bar. Ingot - 45, 5h22, 5h17 cm. Although it is similar in size to a shoe box, you could pick it up, since it weighs 250 kg. The total cost of 3.7 million $.
We used that money are just metal and paper. But initially, the money is a completely different form. So in Burma until the 20th century as money had salt and brick tea, Mexico - bags of cocoa beans. Also, money in different countries were: tobacco, dried fish, grain, rice, corn.
Experts believe that to date in circulation are coins and dollar bills in the amount of US $ 700 billion. Dollars. Moreover, half of which are traded outside the United States.
10,000-dollar bill has become the most "expensive", the former ever in public circulation. She was able to survive for only 34 years, from 1934 until 1969. For this "baby", as it is called, many collectors have pretty fork. If you can find a 10,000-dollar bill at a price twice as high as its cost, it can be considered a fluke. On collectible banknote depicts the head of the Ministry of Finance Salmon Chase.
$ 100,000. Call it a money bill is not so simple: in fact, it is a gold certificate that was used purely for payments between public financial institutions. No other bill is the highest denomination in the hands did not get. During the entire existence (it was printed in 1934) was released only 42,000 gold certificates. A "survive" until now managed to less than two dozen of them. Lucky, whose portrait is depicted on the certificate, has become the twenty-eighth American president Woodrow Wilson. This is the only bill, which can not be purchased at any auction in the world. To date, the whereabouts of all certificates known: vault of the Federal Reserve, the US Treasury and the American Numismatic Association.
Very good publicity stunt, the real money is in the flask, but still near the guard was not to be tempted to try the strength of the construction.
And it looks vault gold world banks.
The cost of production of Russian coins 5 rubles inclusive exceeds the face value of the coins. For example, the cost of minting a 5-penny coins is 71 kopecks.
Denominations Australian dollars are not made of paper, and made of special plastic. In 1996, Australia the world's first fully switched to plastic bank notes, and so far its example was followed by Romania, Vietnam, New Zealand, Brunei, Bermuda and Papua - New Guinea. Another 20 countries produced from plastic or limited individual ratings Party commemorative banknotes.
Kwakiutl Indian tribe, taking into debt, may leave his name as collateral. While he did not return the debt to it no contact by name.
Most bills dollars have traces of cocaine.
In Russia, from old money making roofing material, which, according to experts, is much longer. And in Germany it was recently worked out a new technology for producing fertilizer from old money.
The most common name of the currency in the world - Frank! Franks calculated in 34 countries.
The electronic cash register. Year of implementation - 1906. The device invented by Charles Kettering, the inventor of the first electric ignition, an automatic starter for automotive engines and the first running of the engine generator.
One-third of the world's population lives on less than $ 2 a day.
