Money forgers usually gain only the face value of the banknotes they have forged. |
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If Robinson Crusoe had been shipwrecked with a chest full of British banknotes, they wouldn't have done him any good. |
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Virtually all of the cash dispensers in the Netherlands were providing euro banknotes by the end of the first day of its entry into circulation. |
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Then passport, watch, banknotes and other valuables are stolen while he sleeps in a Spanish resort. |
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After that date, only the central bank will be buying banknotes of the currencies for leva. |
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Those means cannot be provided by printing banknotes and by credit on the bank books. |
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A group called Banknote Watch is promoting the use of machines that stain banknotes during robbery attempts. |
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Last Post agents were shocked at the news this week that practically all German euro banknotes contain traces of cocaine. |
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In Zimbabwe, the central bank attempted to tackle the shortage of banknotes. |
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A body search of Prajim revealed 4,320 baht in cash and 150 bogus banknotes. |
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In the banknote section we find eight very interesting Thai banknotes to be auctioned. |
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Using a thermic lance, the men burned several thousand banknotes in the safe in their efforts to gain access. |
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The threesome was arrested in North Pattaya following an investigation and a sting operation which used marked banknotes. |
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Asked why she indulged in such blasphemy, she simply replied that in her home there were more banknotes than tissue paper. |
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With the Cedula Project, cruzeiro banknotes and American dollars were rubber-stamped with messages and returned to circulation. |
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The ink tended to fade and smudge, making the banknotes look like forgeries. |
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The brother of the Chief Constable of Humberside was today beginning a three-year jail sentence for forging banknotes. |
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When money is denounced as the root of all evil, we should properly understand it not as banknotes but as bright, treacherous gold. |
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He kept the state treasure in banknotes in a shoebox beneath his bed, where it was devalued from time to time by the gnawing of rats. |
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Biddle actively pursued a policy of pressing state banks to redeem their outstanding banknotes at promised par or face value in specie. |
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Polymer banknotes don't wear out as fast as paper money, especially in countries with warm, damp climates. |
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Modern banknotes feature a red and green fluorescent number clearly visible under ultraviolet light, just below the hologram. |
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Many Australians of my age remember the neat copperplate inscription of his name on the banknotes. |
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These finely embellished banknotes were once exchangeable for gold at a variable price. |
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The central bank has previously attempted to tried to keep pace with inflation by issuing banknotes, with little effect. |
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Spink, a numismatic firm established in 1666, conducted the auction with 832 lots representing banknotes from 150 countries. |
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There are banknotes of 5, 10, 25, 50 and 100 Gambian dalasis, as well as coins of 1, 5, 10, 25 and 50 bututs. |
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The banknotes are close to uncirculated condition and estimated at 35,200 to 44,000 baht. |
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The problem is that the government refuses to acknowledge that a problem exists and simply prints banknotes with larger denominations. |
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Then, along came a little man with a wad of banknotes who snapped up the laptop and went off congratulating himself. |
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When it was approved from Bangkok the Siamese Minister would return it to the printers and the new banknotes could be printed. |
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He looked at the worn banknotes doubled over in his jacket pocket and slowly counted them out. |
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Faull added that the majority of people did not believe in the value of banknotes, right up until the late 19th century. |
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In reality, it was ordinary citizens and not the sharp operators who stored their wealth in banknotes. |
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The day of reckoning was postponed by a series of maneuvers, and the banknotes remained intact. |
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The offset printing machines allow the simultaneous printing of both sides of the banknotes. |
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Its foremost vehicle in continental Europe is the issue of non-redeemable legal tender banknotes. |
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Pubs and nightclubs which accepted dud euro banknotes from youths aged between 15 and 17 in return for alcoholic drinks could be prosecuted for serving young people. |
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There are banknotes of denomination 1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 50, 100 and 200 Hryvnias and coins of denomination 1, 2, 5, 10, 25, 50 kopiykas and a 1 Hryvnia coin. |
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Exchanging European banknotes to rupiah and only then converting them into the euro would cost customers twice the transaction fees money changers charged. |
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By next year, when Israel's new banknotes are in circulation, that will be two Leah Goldbergs or one Nathan Alterman. |
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Within weeks, nearly everyone was using the new banknotes and coins. |
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Producers of leading wines are adopting security measures similar to those used on banknotes to stop criminals counterfeiting their products, writes John Follain. |
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These ideas had a wide influence on the creation of the Franc Germinal and on the law granting the Banque de France its monopoly on issuing banknotes. |
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It is, therefore, something of a misnomer to speak of the transfer of funds as there is no actual transfer of coins and banknotes from the payer to the payee. |
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Rivero, now celebrated on argentinean banknotes, remained on the Islands, fighting against the British. |
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The Leibowitz fuss had barely ended when the shouting about the banknotes began. |
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That was a hijacked shipment of old banknotes on its way to be burned. |
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In 1720 the Scottish adventurer John Law had attempted to set up a state bank on the promise of overseas trading profits, and had paid the king's debts in banknotes. |
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Keynes once observed that a good way to generate work was for the Treasury to bury old banknotes deep under the ground and leave it to private enterprise to dig them up. |
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Gold and silver vessels served in effect as large denomination banknotes, and weighed round figures in terms of the prevailing currency standards. |
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A few rare and historical banknotes have sold for more than a million dollars. |
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The right to issue banknotes was extended to other banks after 1716 when the Bank of Scotland's monopoly was allowed to lapse. |
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In Scotland, Clydesdale Bank, along with The Royal Bank of Scotland and Bank of Scotland, still prints its own banknotes. |
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Occasionally the Clydesdale Bank issues special commemorative banknotes to mark particular occasions or to celebrate famous people. |
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In March 2015, the Clydesdale Bank became the first bank in Great Britain to issue polymer banknotes. |
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Also in 1990 there was an attempt to reform the currency at 100 to 1, with new banknotes of 20 and 50 new shilin prepared for the redenomination. |
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They are often remarked on and have been depicted on both the banknotes of Zimbabwe and the Rhodesian dollar banknotes. |
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Chinese yuan banknotes are counted at the Huangsha Seafood Wholesale Market in Guangzhou, Guangdong province. |
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The concept of superfluid cleaning is one of the few completely novel ideas to be advanced for banknotes in recent decades. |
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Bank of Scotland began issuing a new series of banknotes in the Autumn of 2007, which feature the common theme of Scottish bridges. |
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The bank has a monopoly on the issue of banknotes in England and Wales, although not in other parts of the United Kingdom. |
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In 2002, euro banknotes and coins replaced national currencies in 12 of the member states. |
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Statues of Europa and the bull decorate several of the Union's institutions and a portrait of her is seen on the 2013 series of Euro banknotes. |
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In 1797, Pitt was forced to protect the kingdom's gold reserves by preventing individuals from exchanging banknotes for gold. |
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See Coins of the pound sterling and List of British coins and banknotes for details. |
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Consequently, the number of private banknotes dwindled in England and Wales but proliferated in Scotland and Ireland. |
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The 1844 Bank Charter Act tied the issue of notes to the gold reserves and gave the Bank sole rights with regard to the issue of banknotes. |
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Modern banknotes are printed by contract with De La Rue Currency in Loughton, Essex. |
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The bank was soon accused by the bullionists of causing the exchange rate to fall from over issuing banknotes, a charge which the Bank denied. |
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Under this law, authorisation to issue new banknotes was restricted to the Bank of England. |
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These circulate freely in both Bailiwicks alongside UK coinage and English and Scottish banknotes. |
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These circulate freely alongside British coinage and English, Northern Irish and Scottish banknotes. |
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The Bermuda Monetary Authority is the issuing authority for all banknotes and coins, and regulates financial institutions. |
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These banknotes are legal tender in Gibraltar alongside Bank of England banknotes. |
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Saint Helena used sterling currency as in the United Kingdom until 1976 when it began to issue its own banknotes at par with sterling. |
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The Currency Commissioners, part of the Government of Saint Helena, issue the St Helena pound banknotes and coins. |
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Guernsey does not have a Central Bank and it issues its own sterling coinage and banknotes. |
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In 1826, there was outrage in Scotland at the attempt of Parliament to prevent the production of banknotes of less than five pounds. |
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The image on the 2007 series of banknotes is based on the portrait by Henry Raeburn. |
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In September 2007, the Bank of Scotland redesigned their banknotes to feature famous Scottish bridges. |
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Competition between the Old and New Banks was fierce and centred on the issue of banknotes. |
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The Royal Bank of Scotland, along with Clydesdale Bank and Bank of Scotland, still prints its own banknotes. |
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People are not the only economic actors who are required to accept banknotes. |
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Occasionally the Royal Bank of Scotland issues special commemorative banknotes to mark particular occasions or to celebrate famous people. |
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The Royal Bank was the first British bank to print commemorative banknotes in 1992, and followed with several subsequent special issues. |
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These commercial banknotes only traded at face value in the market served by the issuing bank. |
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Commercial banknotes have primarily been replaced by national banknotes issued by central banks. |
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Historically, banks sought to ensure that they could always pay customers in coins when they presented banknotes for payment. |
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Counterfeiting, the forgery of banknotes, is an inherent challenge in issuing currency. |
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It is countered by anticounterfeiting measures in the printing of banknotes. |
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Fighting the counterfeiting of banknotes and cheques has been a principal driver of security printing methods development in recent centuries. |
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With the removal of precious metals from the monetary system, banknotes evolved into pure fiat money. |
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By the early 12th century, the amount of banknotes issued in a single year amounted to an annual rate of 26 million strings of cash coins. |
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The range of varying values for these banknotes was perhaps from one string of cash to one hundred at the most. |
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These notes are seen as a predecessor to regular banknotes by some but are mainly thought of as proto bills of exchange and cheques. |
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These became banknotes when the manager of the Bank decoupled the rate of note issue from the bank currency reserves. |
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By the late 17th century, this new conceptual outlook helped to stimulate the issue of banknotes. |
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The first bank to initiate the permanent issue of banknotes was the Bank of England. |
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Generally, a central bank or treasury is solely responsible within a state or currency union for the issue of banknotes. |
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Thus, many different banks or institutions may have issued banknotes in a given country. |
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Most banknotes are made using the mould made process in which a watermark and thread is incorporated during the paper forming process. |
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Over the years, a number of materials other than paper have been used to print banknotes. |
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During the Russian administration of Alaska, banknotes were printed on sealskin. |
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Early Chinese banknotes were also vertical, due to the direction of Chinese writing. |
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Counterfeit banknotes are destroyed unless they are needed for evidentiary or forensic purposes. |
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Although these shredded banknotes are generally landfilled, they are sometimes sold in small bags as souvenirs. |
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Since 2007 Sanjay Relan, of Hong Kong, has held the Guinness world record for collecting 221 banknotes representing 221 different countries. |
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For years, the mode of collecting banknotes was through a handful of mail order dealers who issued price lists and catalogs. |
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Today, eBay has surpassed auctions in terms of highest volume of sales of banknotes. |
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However, rare banknotes still sell for much less than comparable rare coins. |
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Finally, Malic said, starting January 1, 2017, demonetized banknotes will no longer have monetary value. |
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These were replaced by new banknotes issued by The National Bank of Romania and divisionary coins issued by The Minister of Finance. |
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All banknotes are protected by watermark and electrotype, which are created using special hand-made matrices. |
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In the Coin Auction, banknotes, modern coins, gold bullion and sycees, ancient coins and bronze mirrors will be auctioned. |
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Trade with European powers and the Japanese brought in massive amounts of silver, which then replaced copper and paper banknotes as the common medium of exchange in China. |
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Numerous Welsh banks issued their own banknotes in the 19th century. |
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He is honored by a monument on the Paseo de la Reforma, his face has appeared on Mexican banknotes, and he is celebrated in paintings, music, and popular culture. |
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The country's currency uses a turtle as the watermark in its banknotes. |
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During World War II the Mint played an important role in ensuring that people were paid for their services with hard currency rather than banknotes. |
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As with the two other Scottish banks, the Bank of Scotland and the Royal Bank of Scotland, Clydesdale Bank retains the right to issue its own banknotes. |
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The 100 toman note is amongst the rarest of Iranian and Persian banknotes. |
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In 1826, there was outrage in Scotland at the attempt of the United Kingdom Parliament to prevent the production of banknotes of less than five pounds face value. |
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In the late 20th century vending machines were designed to recognize banknotes of the smaller values long after they were designed to recognize coins distinct from slugs. |
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Cotton is the material of the banknotes in the United States. |
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Another country indicating plans to issue polymer banknotes is Nigeria. |
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The thread is a simple looking security component found in most banknotes. |
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Early Chinese banknotes were printed on paper made of mulberry bark. |
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In Europe, the concept of banknotes was first introduced during the 13th century by travelers such as Marco Polo, with European banknotes appearing in 1661 in Sweden. |
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During the Yuan Dynasty, banknotes were adopted by the Mongol Empire. |
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National banknotes are generally legal tender, meaning that medium of payment is allowed by law or recognized by a legal system to be valid for meeting a financial obligation. |
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England prints its own banknotes which are also circulated in Wales. |
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Both bailiwicks issue their own banknotes and coins, which circulate freely in all the islands alongside UK coinage and Bank of England and Scottish banknotes. |
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Trade with Early Modern Europe and Japan brought in massive amounts of silver, which then replaced copper and paper banknotes as the common medium of exchange in China. |
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The Tyneside Numismatic Society is celebrating its 60th anniversary with a display of coins and banknotes at the Literary and Philosophical Society in Newcastle. |
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As mentioned earlier, though the Chettiars did not issue their own banknotes, they did provide checkable demand deposits that also paid an interest return. |
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Balboa banknotes were printed in 1941 by President Arnulfo Arias. |
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It has a monopoly on issuance of banknotes in England and Wales, and regulates the amount of banknotes issued by seven authorized banks in Scotland and Northern Ireland. |
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