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MONEY   IS  A   Medium      of  exchange   of  a  certain   value,which   one   can  not   consume  or  utilize    directly..Thousands  of  years   ago  people  exchanged     useful   items   with  one  another .Later   ,objects   used   for   exchange ,which  had   a     generally   known    value,were  used  as  a mode  the   mode  of  payment.But, when  requirement   of   exchange   increased ,the  first  coin  were  made ,later   followed   by paper  money.Banks   took  over  the   money  business.They  lent  money or  printed  notes  ,during  a     inflation.
THE   EARLIER   MONEY.-Earlier   people    paid  with  different  things  such  as  ,stones,shells,rings,  piece  of  iron, or  salt.In  Africa   cowries   were   used  as  a  means  of  payment .In   north  America  , payments  was  made  with   salt.These  were  easy  to  store, count  and  transport.Sometimes  silver  and  bronze were  used   in  the  form  of  bars.
USES  OF  COINS-   COINS   were  used   as  a  means  of   trade    in   India  and  China   in   6th  century   B.C.From    7th  century  ,Lydians   were   the  first  people   to  use  coins in  the  Mediterranean   area.Trading   with  coins  were  also  done  by  the  ancient  Greeks .In   Roman    Empire     Alexander    the  Great  ,was    the  first   man  to  be  embossed   on  a  coin.
PAPER  MONEY.-The    first   paper    money   was  used   in  China  .In  Europe    paper   money  was  issued   for   the  first  time   in    1483,in  Spain  when   there   was   a  shortage  of  coins 
The  increasing      trade   demanded  increased  payment  and  ,it  was  inconvenient   to  pay   large  amounts   with   heavy  coins.
There fore   banks   began  to  keep   coins  and  to  issue   receipts -also  called  bank notes.-for  them.These  were  valid  means  of  payments They  gave  their    owners  the  right  to  demand  the  corresponding   amounts  of  coins  from  the   banks   at  any  time.
Similarly  ,today  we  have  plastic   ATM   cards   issued  by  a  bank  that    can  be  used   for  money  withdrawal    and  other  types   of  transactions,often  through  inter bank  network.
INFLATION-INFLATION   is  a  Latin  word  that  means  'to  blow  up  or   swell,'this  is  exactly   what   happens  in  inflation.
The  amount  of  money  in  circulation   increases.As  a  result  money  loses  its  value  and  purchasing  power,because   the  value  of  goods  increases  more  as  compared  to  that   of  money.
INTERESTING  FACTS
  • During   first  world  war   in 1923  Germany  experienced  one  of  the  most  severe   inflation  of  all.The  prices  increased   rapidly 
for    one  US  dollar  ,one  had  to  give  around    4  billion  marks.
  • A,  lot  of money  was  printed   but  there  were  no  groceries   and  essentials  goods ,which  created  inflation.
  • During   inflation    in  Germany  10   billion  marks  could  buy  one  ,only  an  overcoat.
  • There  are  more  than  150   currencies  world  wide.
  • To   check  forgery    modern  notes  are  made  forgery  -proof through  the  Guillotine  -  especial   patterns   made  of   entwined  lines  or  holograms-which  are  complicated  laser  photographs.
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