Describe the most unusual modern banknotes. The most unusual money

Career and finance 30.10.2020

Career and finance

In fact, each country has its own unique currency. Portraits are usually depicted on money famous people, landmarks or illustrations for historical events. But there are some very unusual banknotes. Our review contains 16 coins and banknotes that are the dream of every numismatist.

1. Silver coin with meteorite fragments, Fiji

In 2012, the Republic of Fiji issued a limited edition of 999 $10 coins made of silver, which contained pieces of the real Neuschwanstein meteorite that fell to Earth on April 6, 2002 near Neuschwanstein Castle, located on the border of Germany and Austria.

2. Banknotes with animals, Belarus

While most countries depict historically on their banknotes important people and symbols, a squirrel is depicted on the Belarusian banknote of 50 kopecks, a hare is depicted on the 1 ruble banknote, and a pair of beavers can be found on the 3-ruble banknote. Banknotes of higher denominations contain images of wolves, lynxes, elks, bears and bison. True, the Belarusian "bunnies" have already been withdrawn from circulation.

3. 100-franc coin with marijuana, Benin

The world's first silver coin depicting marijuana was issued by the government of the West African Republic of Benin. On the reverse side The coins have a bright green hemp leaf. When rubbed, the leaf emits a distinct marijuana flavor, which is produced by synthetic additives.

4. 50 pfennig banknote, Germany

The Germans portrayed real social advertising on money. The images on the banknotes were varied - from romantic folklore to social satire, but all very well convey the spirit of the culture of this period in German history. Scary images, such as those on the 50 pfennig banknote, were no exception.

5. Mammoth Fossil Coin, Cote d'Ivoire

Cote d'Ivoire has issued a limited edition 1000-franc coin with tiny fragments of mammoth remains.

100 trillion dollar banknote, Zimbabwe

In Zimbabwe, at the time of the country's exit from the Second Congo War (1998 - 2003), the confiscation of personal land holdings of white farmers began. This led to hyperinflation, which peaked at 79,600 million percent in November 2008. At that time, the National Bank issued $100 trillion banknotes.

7. Talking coin, Mongolia

The 500 tugrik coins, issued in 2007 in Mongolia, were equipped with a button that, when pressed, sounded the famous speech "I am a Berliner" former president USA John F. Kennedy.

8. Wooden banknote, Germany

Germany plunged into a deep financial crisis after the First World War. This led the Germans to issue their own unofficial currency called "Notgeld" (money for emergency). German cities printed currency on everything possible - on wood, aluminum foil, playing cards, in an attempt to circumvent the depreciated value of the German mark.

9. Commemorative coin in honor of the Virgin Mary, Republic of Palau

In honor of the 150th anniversary of the first appearance of the Virgin Mary to Saint Bernadette in the town of Lourdes in southern France in 2008, the Republic of Palau (Western part Pacific Ocean) issued a commemorative coin. It has a built-in Lourdes water capsule.

10 Oldest Banknote, China

Paper money was first used by the Chinese, who began introducing banknotes during the Tang Dynasty (618-907 AD). They were used mainly for private bills. Paper notes were in circulation in China for more than 500 years before they began to take root in Europe around the 17th century. The Chinese Kuan of 1380 is the oldest known banknote in the world.

11. Banknote of 100 million billion pengy, Hungary

Hungary's currency, the pengo, has suffered the highest level of hyperinflation in history. In 1946, a Hungarian bank issued a 100 million billion pengő note, which was worth only about 20 US cents. In July 1946, the country changed its currency from pengo to forint.

12. Coin with statuette, Easter Island

The most famous landmark of Easter Island was depicted on a coin very original way. The silver coin was designed so that miniature idol figurines could be inserted vertically into the slots on the coins, creating a 3D version famous monuments on Easter Island.

13. Coin with pearl, Republic of Palau

Another original coin of complex design was a coin issued in the Republic of Palau, in which green freshwater pearls are embedded - a local symbol of good luck and happiness. The coins that were issued in a limited edition are also decorated with various types sea shells.

14. Coin with a piece of the heat shield "Concorde", Tristan da Cunha

Tristan da Cunha, a British territory located on remote volcanic islands in the South Atlantic Ocean, issued a special series of coins to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the famous Concorde aircraft in 2009. Each coin is gold plated and contains a tiny piece of Concorde's titanium alloy heat shield.

15. The largest banknote, Philippines

The 100,000 peso note was issued by the Central Bank of the Philippines to celebrate the country's centenary in 1998. The banknote measuring 22x35.5 cm was entered in the Guinness Book of Records as the world's largest banknote, which is legal tender.

16. Leather money, Alaska

In 1799, the Russian-American Company, established in Alaska to develop natural wealth these lands, issued leather money. Stamps with a face value of 25, 10, 5, 1 ruble and 50, 25 and 10 kopecks in color resembled Russian banknotes issued by decrees of Catherine II in 1768 and 1787.

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It would seem that the times of beads and mirrors as banknotes are long gone, but is it really so?

AT paradise Pacific Ocean, on the island of Yap in Micronesia, locals use huge stone disks with a hole in the middle as money. Their diameter ranges from 1.5-6 m. The value of such a banknote is determined by its size, as well as by how many people suffered during the transportation of the stone.

The fact is that there are no such stones on the native island, therefore local residents you have to canoe to the neighboring island of Palau, where there are still a lot of stone discs, and deliver the "money" home.

Inhabitants Palau watch this process with irony, rejoicing that they have their own currency and do not have to work so hard to get it.

Disney dollars

These are the favorite banknotes of all children. They are only used in Disney theme parks, resorts and cruise ships. The value of the Disney dollar, created back in 1987, is equated to the value of the US dollar.

Coins of Africa: Kissi money

Some peoples of West Africa until the twentieth century used twisted iron sticks 33-36 cm long. They were called kissi-penny and were often used during funeral ceremonies.

Obviously, such money was not very valuable, because it was often used in whole matings. A cow, for example, cost 100 bundles of 20 twigs .

The largest coin in the world

Until 2011, the largest coin in the world was a Canadian coin worth 1 million Canadian dollars. It weighs 100 kg and is 99.9% pure gold.

But in October 2011, the Australians surpassed the Canadians. A giant Australian coin issued by the Partha Mint weighs over a ton. The thickness of the golden beauty is 12 cm, the diameter reaches 80 cm.

The smallest coin in the world

Silver quarter Tara Vijayanagara in India is the smallest coin on Earth. The tiny coin is 4mm in diameter and weighs only 1.7g.

The amazing money of Somalia

In Somalia, instead of coins, they use these geometric figures of a cone (water), a ball (earth), a pyramid (fire), a cylinder (wood) and a cube (metal).

This country is famous for other unusual coins in the form of cars, guitars and motorcycles.

Rare fiber coins

Due to the war in 1944-1945, metal reserves rapidly decreased in Japan. Therefore, some coins were made from red and brown cardboard-like material.

In the city of Moose Jo in Canada, after the First World War, they used ... wooden money. At that time, metal was such a rarity that money was issued in the cities from the most accessible materials, including wooden planks.

The Mongolian 500 tugrik coin depicting US President John F. Kennedy has a small button. By clicking on it, you can hear the historical phrase of the President: « I'm proud to be a Berliner! »

In one of the smallest countries in the world - the state of Palau in 2007, an unusual coin was issued. This is a silver dollar depicting the Virgin Mary holding a small vial of holy water from a holy site in Lourdes, France.

These round coins made of heavy-duty plastic represent the planets solar system. Such strange money was made at the National Space Center and the University of Leicester specifically for space tourists.

Money is considered a necessary attribute of civilization. But if everything was as boring as it sounds, the world would not see such a flight of human imagination, captured in the most ordinary, it would seem, things. We have collected the most interesting coins and money in the world and examples of how they become the subject of art.

The most unusual money in the world

1. Let's start with Disney Dollars.
Walt Disney, who created the world of childhood for several generations, did not forget about the important. In the legendary Disneyland, children run everything, which means that the currency must be appropriate. Equal in value to the US dollar, the Disney dollar was first issued in 1987. The denominations of 1, 5 and 10 Disney dollars correspond to famous cartoon characters - Mickey, Goofy, Minnie. You can pay with them in all parks, resorts, liners and the island of the great Disney.

2. Unusual money of the island of Yap, which is impossible not to notice.
They appeared at the beginning of time and are still used by them today. Heavy discs of worn stone with a large hole in the middle to carry them broke not a single pair of legs.

Their value is determined by the size and number of people who died in the process of transporting them to the island. Yapi does not have their own stones, so they have to transport money from the island of Palau in a canoe.

3. Money smells
Those still inventors live on the island of Palau. A few years ago, they decided to issue a series of coins called "Paradise fragrance". The coin with the image of a coconut was the first to be released and it smelled delicious. Another noteworthy one is from the same series - with an engraving of a surfer who caught a wave. Its fragrance is as fresh as ocean waves.

4. Cameroon Butterfly
Three years ago, a silver coin was issued in Cameroon, recognized as the most beautiful and unusual coin in the world of numismatics. This coin is very valuable, but not in terms of its face value, but in terms of aesthetics. It is engraved with a flower on which an amazing butterfly with colored wings has landed. Looks realistic and voluminous. The technology of its manufacture is kept in the strictest confidence, and the number of issued coins is only 2.5 thousand pieces, so there is a little bit of good.

5. Talking John F. Kennedy is a sample of a coin with an interesting property.
On strange Mongolian coins worth 500 tugriks, John F. Kennedy flaunts. They are equipped with a special button, pressing which reproduces the legendary phrase of the former US president: "I am proud to be a Berliner." It is clear that a series of such coins is extremely small and expensive.

But these interesting coins are not all that the National Bank of Mongolia can boast of. For example, in 2011, they decided to issue a collection series of coins dedicated to endangered animals. This idea met with active support from the world community, and collectible coins were recognized as unusually beautiful. One of the most expressive animals captured in this series is the Ural Owl. The work is done very realistically, the coin is made of the highest standard silver, and the owl's eyes are encrusted with dark Swarovski stones. Now the value of an owl fluctuates between 1500 - 3000 US dollars.

6. Pyramid of Tutankhamun
An interesting coin in the form of a silver pyramid came out of the Pobjoy Mint 5 years ago. This is a tribute to Howard Carter, 70 years since his death at the time. Carter is famous for finding the tomb of the Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamen in the Valley of the Kings. The image from the walls of the tomb is engraved on the coin. The sun is depicted at the top of the pyramid, and this is a particularly remarkable detail, because grains of sand are interspersed in it, which abound in this very tomb.

7. Coins in the form of guitars
Ten years ago, coins were issued in Somalia, now recognized as the most unusual and original. These are miniature multi-colored guitars, the surface of which is coated with silver, with a denomination of 1 dollar. An extravagant series of coins was issued for the anniversary of rock and roll, for its fiftieth anniversary.

8 Dinosaur Skeleton
One of the latest innovations in modern world Numismatics advocates a coin with the image of a dinosaur.

The fact is that the remains of a prehistoric animal were discovered not so long ago near the province of Alberta. A coin is easy to find in a dark pocket, as the phosphorescent skeleton of a majestic animal is sure to attract attention. On its reverse side is a portrait of Elizabeth 2, which, alas, does not want to phosphoresce.

9. From extreme to extreme
One of the heaviest coins in the world, one of the ten most unusual coins in the world. A coin with a face value of 1 million Canadian dollars weighs a lot - 100 kg., And its alloy is 99.9% pure gold. Until 2011, this treasure rightfully ranked first in the world in terms of its dimensions. But in October 2011, Australia presented something cooler. A giant coin 12 cm thick, 80 cm in diameter and weighing about 1000 kg of pure gold, which replaced its predecessor, was issued at the Perth Mint.

Meanwhile, in Foggy Albion, they came up with and implemented the concept of nano-money. The smallest of the coins boasts a diameter of 750 nanometers (1 nanometer is equal to one billionth of a meter). It depicts Queen Elizabeth 2, who, in fact, is the object of the idea - the creation of amazing money was timed to coincide with her diamond jubilee.

10 Chile Mint Misprint
In 2008, something irreparable happened in Chile during the minting of coins. 50 million coins with the inscription "Republic of Chii" became the subject of hunting for modern numismatists and the reason for the dismissal of the head of the Mint of Chile. Today, collectors will have to pay double the price for them.

11. Pound Sterling for the space public.
Ray Bradbury, in his writings, relentlessly placed fears about crossing cosmic boundaries. So far, his fears have not been confirmed and earthlings have not landed on other planets, but there is already a special currency for this case. Cosmic money is designed to withstand possible overloads during future flights, is not subject to interstellar collisions and is completely devoid of sharp edges. The currency is intended to replace irrelevant wire transfers in the future. And it was created by a group of scientists from the National Space Center and the University of Leicester.

12. Virgin Mary of Palau
The Palau Islands have repeatedly surprised the public with their exceptional money. But in 2007 they created something interesting. The $1 silver coin is adorned with the image of the Virgin Mary, and inside the coin there is a reservoir of holy water from Lourdes, a grotto in France. In 2008, another series of coins was released, dedicated to the 150th anniversary of the appearance of the Blessed Virgin in this grotto.

13. Chewbacca instead of an eagle
The small Pacific nation of Niue is in dire need of money, so it released it to make money. The coins depict characters from the legendary Star Wars movie saga, so fans of the movie and collectors will definitely like them. One such unusual coin costs $390.

In 2007, a coin appeared in the Cook Islands with unusual shape dedicated to Princess Diana, or rather the decade since her death. As you know, the world loved Diana Spencer very much, and therefore the coin looks like a Valentine. In the shape of a heart and with a portrait of a person of blue blood.

15. Science has stepped forward.
The now popular use of QR codes originated in Japan, and today the Netherlands Mint has released the first coins of its kind with this code. It contains a link to the website of the Dutch Ministry of Finance.

Mankind has long been paying with plastic cards with might and main, but in Canada, for example, they pay with plastic cash. The idea is good because the bill does not wear out over time and is not subject to attacks by counterfeiters.

Inspired by Lego, Designer Mac Funamizu set about creating the so-called prefabricated coins. For example, a dollar coin can be divided into quarters or halves. This idea will solve the age-old problem with an excess or lack of change and make money circulation more interesting.

We all know that it is impossible to count money after sunset, because they are not visible. Therefore, the recently created Luminous Paper Money concept is a solution to this problem. There are several backlight options, they correspond to a certain face value.

As you can see, human imagination is capable of transforming boring reality into something sublime and beautiful. The country has interesting coins, it is a kind of visiting card, an attempt to express feelings, the desire to perpetuate what you love, and of course dreams of a fantastic future. This is demonstrated by the exhibits presented above.

The largest and heaviest coin

The largest coin in terms of face value and size is one million dollars, created by artist Stanley Witten. It is made of the purest 999.99 gold and minted by the Bank of Canada by order of the Royal Mint. On one side of the coin is a portrait of the head of Canada, Queen Elizabeth II, on the other side - a maple leaf. Each coin was made by hand for up to eight weeks. The weight of the coin is about 100 kilograms, or rather 99.95 kilograms or 221 pounds, the diameter is 20 inches or 50.8 cm, the thickness is 1 inch or 2.5 cm. Before it was made, the coin from Austria was considered the heaviest denomination of 100,000 euros, the weight of which was 31.1 kilograms. 15 coins were issued and they were distributed among collections in less than a month. African wooden coins

In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, in 2005, the first wooden (maple) coin was made, which is the official means of payment. The value of the coin is 5 francs. It depicts a gorilla and is written in French"Let's protect animal world". The weight of the coin is 2.4 grams, the diameter is 40 mm.
The smallest and lightest coin in the world

This 1/4 Jawa silver coin was issued in Nepal in 1740. Its mass is only 0.002 grams.
The smallest banknote

The Romanian 10 bani, printed at the beginning of the 20th century, is considered the smallest banknote in the world. It was issued in 1917 by the Romanian Ministry of Finance. The 10 bani banknote measured 27.5 by 38 millimeters.

The largest paper banknote

The 1 guan note was issued between 1368 and 1399 by the Ming Dynasty in China. It measures 23 by 33 cm, which is larger than an A4 sheet. And the largest modern banknote is a denomination issued in 2007 in Thailand. It consists of three banknotes in denominations of one, five and ten baht, united by one payment sheet, the size of which is 147 by 228 mm. This banknote, in addition, is the largest current banknote of 16 baht, which is still legal tender.
The most expensive coin in the world

The $20 double gold eagle coin was issued in 1933. Immediately after the cessation of its release, the previously sold coins were bought from the population for a price 2.5 times more than the face value. All coins were redeemed, except for three pieces. Two are now in the museum, the third was stolen and nothing was known about it for a long time. Only in 1996 did the coin surface from a private Egyptian collector. In 2008, the coin was sold at an auction in New York for $7,590,000 to a buyer who wished to remain anonymous.
The largest banknote in the world

This is the Hungarian banknote issued after World War II - the sextillion (billion trillion) Hungarian pengő of 1946. Pengyo, the currency of Hungary from 1945 to 1946, "marked" the highest inflation rate in the entire history of the circulation of banknotes.
The largest current denomination in terms of its purchasing power

This is a $10,000 bill issued since the end of the 19th century. Of course, these banknotes, which have been printed since the 80s of the 19th century, then had an incredibly large purchasing power, several tens of times higher than now. But even today, more than a hundred years later, these banknotes, which have already depreciated many times over, still have the greatest purchasing power on Earth. True, this bill is a means of payment only in the United States.
The largest banknote in terms of purchasing power for domestic settlements of the country

It's £1 million. The banknote is currently out of circulation. It was printed for making calculations within the Bank of England. To date, only 2 such banknotes are in private collectors. Its auction price for 2008 was £78,000. But the 100,000 US dollar bill is still used today. It is valid only in settlements between banks, the US Treasury and the Fed. The bill is not for sale to collectors.
The most beautiful coin

The most beautiful on the planet is the Mexican coin, issued in 2005 from silver with images of the national coat of arms of Mexico and the calendar of the Aztec tribe. The decision to assign such a status to the coin was made by members world conference mints, which took place in May 2008 in South Korea. The value of the coin is not specified. This outlandish coin attracted the attention of the jury not only with its amazing beauty, but also with the complexity of the execution technique. Indeed, it is very difficult to depict the Aztec monolith “Stone of the Sun” weighing 24 tons, which is also called the “calendar”, in all details on a small coin.
Stamps-money

These are non-postage stamps, the purpose of which is to replace a token coin in case of its shortage. First issued in the United States during the North-South War of 1861-1865. Sometimes they were used as postage stamps, but this happened rarely. Usually there is no adhesive layer on the reverse side of money stamps. And in Russia, a real boom in the issue of stamps-money fell on the years of the First World War and the Civil War.

But in the Principality of Monaco, stamps are still issued, which are accepted as a means of payment. This is due to the fact that internal mail is free there, and postage stamps are only used when we are talking about external correspondence.
Morzhovki

This is the colloquial name of checks issued by the Arkhangelsk branch of the State Bank in 1918 - 1920 and served as a means of payment in the Northern Region. In relation to the pound sterling, Arkhangelsk checks had a rate of 40 rubles per 1 pound.

The need for local banknotes was caused by an acute shortage of credit notes with a face value of less than 500 rubles. To solve this problem, in February 1918, the State Bank issued official permission to issue banknotes of 3, 5, 10 and 25 rubles. Walruses got their common name thanks to the images of a polar bear and a walrus among the snow and ice floes on the front side of a twenty-five-rouble check, which differed from other checks in its large size.
Siamese silver bullet coins

They were produced in Thailand, formerly called the country of Siam, one of the most powerful states in Indochina, from 1782 to 1868.

Bullets were used in Thailand instead of money until the end of the 19th century. Such coins were made by bending a small ingot of silver into a ball, on which the name of the king who issued the coin and the name of the dynasty to which he belonged were minted. 1 coin weighs about 15 grams, its diameter is about 14 mm.
colored coins

Most often, colored coins are issued for collectors. But there are similar banknotes that serve as a means of payment. So, in 2004, the Canadian Mint issued about 30 million silver coins of 25 cents, in the middle of which against the background maple leaf pictured red poppy. The coins were issued in honor of the 117,000 Canadians who died during World War II. Indeed, in Canada, the poppy is a symbol of memory.

In 2006, Canada minted the second issue of colored coins. The 25 cent coin was intended to raise awareness about breast cancer. The reverse of the coin contains an image of a pink ribbon in the center. The obverse depicts Queen Elizabeth.
oval coins

Most farthings made of copper from the time of the kings of England, James I (1566-1625) and Charles I (1600 - 1649) were oval in shape. These extraordinarily light coins, 15 mm long, served as change money from 1534 to 1700.

But such money was common not only in Europe. Before the currency of Japan was called the yen, the coins of this island nation had oval, rectangular and other shapes. One of them, the koban, a gold coin from the Edo period, was equal to one tenth of an oban. Yes, and the yen, as you know, got its name because appearance coins that have a round shape, since “en” in Japanese means “round”.
Wine money of Yakutia

Wine labels after the October Revolution played the role of money in Yakutia in 1919-1921. They were issued by Alexei Semenov, who later became the People's Commissariat for Finance of the republic.
The history of the creation of this money is quite interesting. In pre-revolutionary Russia, wine was bottled without labels, they were issued separately, as a confirmation of the quality of the drink. Therefore, for the illiterate population of Yakutia, the multi-colored pieces of paper that Semenov found in one local warehouse fit perfectly. The authenticity of the banknotes was confirmed by the painting and seal of Alexei Semenov.

Since the beginning of trading, people have experimented with exchange media. Now they may seem strange to us, but they made sense at the time and in the place where they were used.

Coins with Star Wars characters

Since the tiny Pacific nation of Niue has very few ways to make money, they decided to make money with money. Namely, they decided to issue collectible coins that fans of the movie saga will happily buy up. Star Wars". After all, this money depicts the most famous characters from it. And one such coin costs 390 US dollars!

Coin with Princess Diana

The world loved Princess Diana very much for her beauty, kindness and sincerity. In particular, they loved her in the Cook Islands, where they even issued a coin dedicated to the decade tragic death Diana Spencer.

Coins with QR code

QR codes are gaining more and more popularity in the world! Until quite recently, they were widely used only in Japan, but now the Netherlands Mint is issuing the world's first coins with a QR code. This code contains a link to the website of the Ministry of Finance of this country.

plastic banknotes

The whole world is already accustomed to plastic cards that replace cash. But in some countries of the world, for example, in Canada, plastic banknotes are used with might and main! This allows bills to be more reliable and durable.

Composite coins

An example of IKEA and LEGO products inspired designer Mac Funamizu to create prefabricated coins. For example, such a dollar coin can be divided into four pieces of 25 cents or one piece of 50 cents and two pieces of 25.

One million dollar banknote

Now the largest denomination of dollar bills is 100. But there were times when there were others with much larger denominations - 200, 500, 1000 and even 1,000,000 (one million!). True, the last banknotes were issued only in a souvenir version. For example, in 1988, a million dollar note was issued as a membership card to the International Millionaires Club.

The largest denomination of a banknote

The largest banknote at face value was issued in 1946 in Hungary during the frenzied post-war inflation and denomination. Its denomination was equal to a sextillion penge (the Hungarian currency of that time), that is, a billion trillion (twenty-one zeros after one).

Glowing money

Each of us knows how inconvenient it is to count money in poor lighting. To solve this problem, the concept of Luminous Paper Money glowing in the dark was created. Moreover, each denomination of such a bill can be given its own backlight color.

Bulk coins

In Somalia, apparently, they do not trust flat coins. Therefore, there they issued voluminous coins, having the shape of triangles, balls and cubes. Yes, and fight back with such weighty coins from the enemy in a torn civil war Somalia will be more convenient

Centennials

Centennials, at one time in full use in the town of Moose-Jo, Canadian province of Saskatchewan. This method of printing money was used by the Germans after the First World War, who tried with all their might to raise the Reichsbank from oblivion and pay colossal compensation to the affected countries. In fact, at that time the Germans printed money on everything, but the most unusual material was still wood.

Pound Lewis

The Lewis pound - it was in this English town that at one time the enterprising mayor Michael Chartier was in power, who decided to create an internal currency to promote the small traditional shops of the city, which he simply called the Lewis pound. With such money, local residents could pay for any goods and pay any bills within the city. The city of Brixton in South London followed suit only a year later with the creation of the local Brixton pound.

Disney dollar

The Disney dollar, whose value is equated to the US dollar. However, $1, $5, $10, and $50 denominations can only be used at Disney theme parks, resorts, cruise ships, and Disney's private island, Castaway Cay. The currency was created in May 1987

Chilean peso

The Chilean peso, which today will not turn out to be either strange or unusual, but if we return to the not-too-distant 2008, everything falls into place and the peso becomes, if not unusual, then at least a ridiculous currency. The thing is that it was then, in 2008, that the minters made a terrible mistake by writing the name of the country with an error - as a result, 50 million coins with the inscription Republic of Chii (Republica de Chiie) got into circulation.

"Recycled Money" Caribbean

"Recycled money" Caribbean countries. No, this does not mean that they are made from recycled paper or recycled materials. What then is their "recycling"? The answer must be sought in the middle of the 19th century, when the Caribbean islands, in the absence of their own currency, began to melt foreign coins and mint their own from the resulting metal - that's where they got such unusual name. The most unusual "recycled money" was in use in Dominican Republic- in the center of each coin there was a hole in the shape of a heart.

Space Pound Sterling

The Cosmic Pound Sterling is a currency that has never been used on Earth and is still awaiting sufficient development of our technologies to become a single space currency in the future, designed to withstand the pressures of space travel: "coins" have no sharp corners and are made of substances, absolutely harmless to human body. The Space Pound was developed by scientists at the National Space Center and the University of Leicester as an alternative to electronic money transfers, which would become impossible in space.

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Palau Islands Dollar

Palau Islands dollar issued in 2007. It was then that one of the smallest countries in the world made its own currency a bit unconventional. The authorities have issued a silver dollar with the image of the Virgin Mary and a tiny tank containing holy water from the Grotto in Lourdes (France). The following year, a second series of coins was issued to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Apparition of the Virgin Mary in the Grotto.

Rai Stones

Rai Stones of Solomon Island Yap. It is surprising that in the 21st century, someone still continues to use money, which was first used at the dawn of the market, but the islanders of Yap do use large stone disks with a hole in the middle as a currency, the value of which is determined by the size and, most importantly, by the , how many people died in the process of transporting the stone to the island.

The fact is that there are no such stones on their native island, so local residents have to canoe to the neighboring island of Palau, where there are still a lot of stone discs, and deliver "money" home

The inhabitants of Palau themselves are watching this process ironically, rejoicing in their hearts that they have their own currency and they don’t have to bend so hard trying to get it) Well, at least there is no capitalism on the island of Yap and the country remains immune to inflation, otherwise the islanders would have to to mine the Rai Stones of ever larger sizes...

The oldest known banknote. Paper money was first used in China in 800 AD. But only a banknote dated 1380 has survived - this is the most ancient paper money.

European paper money appeared in the seventeenth century. In 1633, English Jeweller's Certificates were used as a means of payment. In 1660, these certificates began to be used as an alternative to coins - these were the forerunners of banknotes in England. The Bank of Sweden was founded in 1656, offering loans, credits and deposits to customers. In 1661, the Bank of Sweden was the first in Europe to introduce paper money. The 100 Daler note was put into circulation in 1666:

In the UK, the Bank of England introduced paper notes in 1694, but such money did not become widely used until 1921. Decimal currency was introduced in England on February 15, 1971. 50 pence coin, one of the first to be introduced, is very familiar to the British since its introduction over 40 years ago. However, this coin was originally octagonal. There is also a 12-coal three pence coin, and a half-singing coin, withdrawn from circulation in 1984.

Northern Ireland money, like Scottish banknotes have the same status and can technically be used throughout the United Kingdom. However, they are rarely seen outside of Northern Ireland. Here, for example, is a banknote from 2006 from a limited edition dedicated to football legend - George Best

The form british coin at 3p is not the most original. How do you like the coins minted in Zambia in honor of Olympic Games in Sydney 2000?

Everyone heard about hyperinflation in Zimbabwe? Economic problems of this country were reflected in the currency. Here is the 2008 banknote $10 million:

However, over time, this bill blocked it:

Later, a new government was elected in Germany, headed by Adolf Hitler. He wanted to have his profile on the banknotes. Here is the design for five reichsmark coins, proposed in 1942 but never implemented

Joseph Stalin is depicted on a 1949 coin minted in the occupied Soviet Union Czechoslovakia

During the Second World War, Japan occupied many territories, where it was also introduced occupation currency. Here is the money introduced during the occupation in Hong Kong