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Money of this kind is called stamp scrip: a privately issued currency that becomes less valuable the longer you hold on to it.
An undated bill for 5 shillings from North Carolina is colonial, for the state issued currency in dollars beginning in 1775.
Under the classical gold-coin standard (1717-1914) private banks and central banks alike issued currency convertible into a fixed weight of gold, with balance sheets consisting primarily of gold coins and short-term loans denominated in local (but gold-convertible) money.
Over the years Sealand issued currency and passports, fought off an "invasion" by some Dutch men and later briefly became the headquarters of a failed data-storage company.
Stevens played a major part in the passage of the Legal Tender Act of 1862, when for the first time the United States issued currency backed only by its own credit, not by gold or silver.
Woergl, Austria provides a brief but inspiring example of a municipal issued currency that pulled the city out of an economic crisis during the Great Depression.
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The Central Bank of Venezuela has the exclusive authority to issue currency, though private banks could issue currency prior to the 1940s.
Consequently, banks reflected, rather than caused, high prices by issuing currency.
The National Bank of Poland has the exclusive right to issue currency in the country.
The People's Bank of China has exclusive authority to issue currency.
The National Bank of Romania, founded in 1880, implements the monetary policy of the Ministry of Finance, managing budgetary cash resources and issuing currency.
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