General Article What is money?

Topic Selected: Money Matters Book Volume: 391
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Have you ever seen a coin that is made of totally blank, unmarked metal? All coins start like this, but at some point most get stamped or marked by a king, an emperor or a nation. Once stamped, these metal disks are suddenly transformed into money.

What’s going on here? The value of metal coins h...

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