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Money is any item or verifiable record that is generally accepted as payment for goods and services and repayment of debts, such as taxes, in a particular country or socio-economic context. The primary functions which distinguish money are: medium of exchange, a unit of account, a store of value and sometimes, a standard of deferred payment.

Money was historically an emergent market phenomenon that possessed intrinsic value as a commodity; nearly all contemporary money systems are based on unbacked fiat money without use value. Its value is consequently derived by social convention, having been declared by a government or regulatory entity to be legal tender; that is, it must be accepted as a form of payment within the boundaries of the country, for "all debts, public and private", in the case of the United States dollar.

The money supply of a country comprises all currency in circulation (banknotes and coins currently issued) and, depending on the particular definition used, one or more types of bank money (the balances held in checking accounts, savings accounts, and other types of bank accounts). Bank money, whose value exists on the books of financial institutions and can be converted into physical notes or used for cashless payment, forms by far the largest part of broad money in developed countries. (Full article...)

A money-back guarantee, also known as a satisfaction guarantee, is essentially a simple guarantee that, if a buyer is not satisfied with a product or service, a refund will be made.

The 18th century entrepreneur Josiah Wedgwood pioneered many of the marketing strategies used today, including the satisfaction-or-money-back guarantee on the entire range of his pottery products. He took advantage of his guarantee offer to send his products to rich clientele across Europe unsolicited. The money-back guarantee was also a major tool of early U.S. mail order sales pioneers in the United States such as Richard Sears and Powel Crosley Jr. to win the confidence of consumers. (Full article...)

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The tenge (/ˈtɛŋɡeɪ/ or /tɛŋˈɡeɪ/; Kazakh: теңге, teñge [tʲeŋˈɡʲe]; Russian: тенге; sign: ₸ ; code: KZT) is the currency of Kazakhstan. It is divided into 100 tiyn (Kazakh: тиын, tiyn [təˈjən]). (Full article...)

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... that fake Buddhist monks scam tourists out of money to build non-existent temples?
... that Russian indie artist polnalyubvi bought her first guitar with money earned from busking with her violin?
... that American first lady Lou Henry Hoover secretly sent money to families in need during the Great Depression?
... that while executives believed the Golden Rondelle Theater would be a waste of money, it was one of the 1964 World's Fair's most popular attractions?
... that a Virginia radio station built a house to raise money for operations?
... that Ken Kortas lost money speculating on hog futures during his NFL career?
... that Colin Stubs spent the prize money from his first international tennis title on an old Volkswagen to travel around Europe?
... that Neha Pendse, the lead actress of the Marathi film June, contributed some of her own money towards its production?

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Image 1Tibetan "gaden" Tangka, undated (ca. AD 1840), reverse (from Tibetan tangka)
Image 2Tibetan kong par tangka, dated 13-45 (= AD 1791), reverse (from Tibetan tangka)
Image 3Tibetan undated silver tangka (2nd half of 18th century) with eight times the syllable "dza" in vartula script, reverse (from Tibetan tangka)
Image 4A hoard of mostly Mauryan punch-marked coins (from Punch-marked coins)
Image 5“Babyal Hoard” type, of the Kuru Janapada (350 - 315 BCE) (from Punch-marked coins)
Image 6A 1914 British gold sovereign (from Money)
Image 7Tenga of Muhammad Khudayar Khan, struck at the Kokand mint, dated 1862–1863 (from Kokand tenga)
Image 8Song Dynasty Jiaozi, the world's earliest paper money (from Money)
Image 9Sino Tibetan silver tangka, dated 58th year of Qian Long era, obverse. Weight 5.57 g. Diameter: 30 mm (from Tibetan tangka)
Image 10Undated Kelzang tangka (1910), reverse (from Tibetan tangka)
Image 11Ancient Jewish coin, engraved menorah, from the Hasmoneon kingdom 37-40 BCE (from Money)
Image 12US dollar banknotes (from Money)
Image 13Tibetan silver tangka with Ranjana (Lantsa) script, dated 15-28 (= AD 1894), reverse (from Tibetan tangka)
Image 14Money Base, M1 and M2 in the U.S. from 1981 to 2012 (from Money)
Image 15Paper money from different countries (from Money)
Image 16Punch-marked coins discovered from Chandraketugarh. (from Punch-marked coins)
Image 17Tibetan "gaden" Tangka, undated (ca. AD 1840), obverse (from Tibetan tangka)
Image 18Undated Kelzang tangka (1910), obverse (from Tibetan tangka)
Image 19Tibetan silver tangka with Ranjana (Lantsa) script, dated 15-28 (= AD 1894), obverse (from Tibetan tangka)
Image 20A person counts a bundle of different Swedish banknotes. (from Money)
Image 21Huizi currency, issued in 1160 (from Money)
Image 22Tibetan undated silver tangka, struck in 1953/54, obverse. (from Tibetan tangka)
Image 23A check, used as a means of converting funds in a demand deposit to cash (from Money)
Image 24Sino Tibetan silver tangka, dated 58th year of Qian Long era, reverse. Weight 5.57 g. Diameter: 30 mm (from Tibetan tangka)
Image 25Tibetan kong par tangka, dated 13-45 (= AD 1791), obverse (from Tibetan tangka)
Image 26Silver, ½ Karshapana coin, “Babyal Hoard” type, of the Kuru Janapada (450 BC - 315 BC) (from Punch-marked coins)
Image 27A 640 BC one-third stater electrum coin from Lydia. According to Herodotus, the Lydians were the first people to introduce the use of gold and silver coins. It is thought by modern scholars that these first stamped coins were minted around 650 to 600 BC. (from Money)
Image 28Gold coins are an example of legal tender that are traded for their intrinsic value, rather than their face value. (from Money)
Image 29Banknotes of different currencies with a face value of 5000 (from Money)
Image 30Tibetan undated silver tangka (2nd half of 18th century) with eight times the syllable "dza" in vartula script, obverse (from Tibetan tangka)
Image 31Printing paper money at a printing press in Perm (from Money)
Image 32"Bent bar" of the Gandhara Janapda unearthed with Achaemenid and Greek coins, Gandhara, c.350 BC. (from Punch-marked coins)
Image 33Tibetan undated silver tangka, struck in 1953/54, reverse. (from Tibetan tangka)
Image 34Euro banknotes and coins (from Money)
Image 35President J. K. Paasikivi illustrated in a former Finnish 10 mark banknote from 1980 (from Money)

28 May 2025 – Corruption in Albania: Former Albanian president Ilir Meta is formally charged with corruption, money laundering, tax evasion, and concealing property from authorities. The charges were detailed in a report from anti-corruption prosecutors. Meta was arrested in October. (AP)

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