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12 Unusual Ancient Currencies You Probably Never Hear Of!

The Kasai velvet is probably the most famous of these textile currencies.

Beautiful Currencies From Around the World

These Currencies Are the Most Stunning in the World

Take a look at the most beautiful currency borrowed from the past, present, and future: Click on images to enlarge 1. Athenian Tetradrachm This ancient Greek currency, specific to Athens is over 2000 years old.

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Is Physical Currency About to Become Obsolete?

Could Covid-19 signal the end of cash money, and can a country even function without physical currency? Is Physical Currency About to Become Obsolete?

Where Did the Dollar Come From? Learn Its Meandering History

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How Did We Invent the Dollar? Learn Its Meandering History

A society's currency tells a lot about the cultural and economic waves it experienced. In this video, we will learn a short history of the U.S. Dollar: what currency was used before it, who was the first to print a dollar, and how it finally became the official currency of the entire USA.

Everything You Need to Know About Bitcoin

Recently, we’ve been hearing the term 'Bitcoin' a lot, coupled with concepts such as digital currency, emerging value, distributed currency, cryptography, and so on. Most of us listen to all these reports and find ourselves asking one simple question: "What is this Bitcoin?"

Pennies, Dimes and Dollars: The Origin of US Coin Names

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What’s the Story Behind the Weird Names of US Coins?

While we often don’t give it a lot of thought, currency often has a lot of strange names, and this is especially true of US coins.

Health

Bills & Coins Can Be Germ-Ridden - Here’s How to Stay Safe

Related: See How Germs Spread With Your Own Eyes What we know about the spread of germs through money In a 2017 study , researchers swabbed $1 bills from a bank in New York City to see what was living on paper currency. They identified hundreds of species of microorganisms.

6 Must-Have Apps for the Discerning Traveler

These Apps Are All You Need on Your Next Vacation

What about how much this dinner is in your home currency? XE Currency is the best currency conversion application around. Just input the value, select the currency, and you’re good to go.

Science and Technology

These Technologies Can Change All Our Futures!

Digital currency is a form of currency or medium of exchange that is electronically created and stored (i.e., distinct from physical, such as banknotes and coins). Some digital currencies, such as Bitcoin, are cryptocurrencies.

5 Flight Hacks to See the World On a Shoestring Budget

Currency Conversion Trick Here are two things to keep in mind when booking flights. First, be aware that airlines discriminate on the basis of age, sex, race, and geographical location, even though they don’t like to admit it.

These Are the Best Ways of Using Google's Search Options

Use Google Like a Pro With These Neat Hints and Tips

Convert currency Much like doing math for you, Google can also tell the value of different currencies and help you prepare for that trip abroad. Type the name of the currency you own, add "to" and type the name of the currency you want to get in return.

What NFTs Are and Why They Are Being Sold for Millions

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Non Fungible Tokens: How Does This New Type of Asset Work?

What NFTs Are and Why They Are Being Sold for Millions video, technology, baba recommends, economy, how it works, cnbc explains, nft, non fungible tokens, cryptocurrency You can now own items in the digital sphere using a new form of currency called NFTs. Learn all about how it works in this video.

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50 Years On, Looking Back at the Great Train Robbery

Over £3 million, £50 million in today’s currency, was stolen from a moving train by a gang of thieves who almost got away with it. 50 years later, the few surviving gang members are in their 80s, and the truth is still obscured by unanswered questions. Who was the mastermind?

Does Crime Pay? The Greatest Heists on Record!

Movies would have us believe that committing a robbery of millions of dollars (or any other currency for that matter) happens all the time and is quite easy to pull off. Nothing, however, could be further from the truth.

Travel

Visit Cimitirul Vesel, the Merry Cemetery in Northern Romania

Visit Cimitirul Vesel, the Merry Cemetery in Romania

Entrance fees are 5 Lei a person which is about 1.5$ (in the rural areas, the currency is sometimes called Ron, the former name of the Romanian currency. It has the same value as Lei). There is a small souvenir shop, but there isn't a bathroom. Opening hours are 8:00 am -6:00 pm daily.

Travel

16 Ways to Make Your Vacation the Best You've Ever Had

Use ATMs instead of currency exchanges Save some money by skipping airport currency exchanges. ATMs usually offer lower rates. 15.

This Town Was Built Especially for People with Dementia

There is no currency exchanged in the village. The stress of finance is removed from residents’ lives as all expenses are covered in their monthly payment.

Interesting Chocolate Facts You Never Knew

Here Are 14 Things We Bet You Never Knew About Chocolate!

Cacao Was Once Used as Currency The Aztecs loved and valued the cacao bean so highly that they used it as currency during the height of their civilization. 7.

14 Things We Bet You Never Knew About Chocolate!

Cacao Was Once Used as Currency The Aztecs loved and valued the cacao bean so highly that they used it as currency during the height of their civilization. 7.

15 Tactics Restaurants Use to Get You to Spend More

15 Tricks Restaurants Don't Want You to Know About

They don’t display currency signs in the menu Nice restaurants avoid putting a currency sign on their menus to separate the sense of spending and dining. They want you to think about the food, not the money it costs you. Source 3. Everything is .99 $9.99 looks less than $10.00, right?

Design & Photography

14 Inventions That We Could Have Done With Ages Ago

Petersburg, Russia, has a currency conversion table on the bottom of their baskets. 5. This park has a swing for wheelchair users. 6. In Norway, packed meat has an indicator that tells you how many days are left until it's no longer safe to eat. 7.

Nature

20 Different Types of Seashells and Freshwater Shells

Beautiful Seashells From Around the World

Zell, Wikimedia Commons ) This shell belongs to the sea snail that goes by the name Money Cowry because these shells were used as a currency before modern forms of currency came into play. 13.

Humor

These Ridiculous Signs Will Have You Laughing Out Loud

18 Hilariously Weird Signs We Just Had to Share

This unique blend of functionality and humor is perfectly illustrated by the " Funny Warning Signs " Facebook group, a lively community in which laughter is the currency.