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"This story of coins, tokens, promissory notes, bank notes, and other means of exchange that have been used in New Zealand is neither a financial history nor a catalogue. It is entertaining and instructive as it covers a wide range of activities relating to money -- from lucid descriptions of what the money of various periods was like and how it came to be issued, to problems of counterfeiting and forgery. Told too, for the first time, is the story behind the Southland Treasury notes. "From beads to banknotes" fills a gap in New Zealand historical literature and will be welcomed by both coin collectors and all those interested in the country's past."--Inside front cover.
This book teaches more than just the history of money. It teaches how to make and spend money, and the importance of saving and budgeting.
Why should each country have its own exclusive currency? Eric Helleiner offers a fascinating and unique perspective on this question in his accessible history of the origins of national money. Our contemporary understandings of national currency are, Helleiner shows, surprisingly recent. Based on standardized technologies of production and extraction, territorially exclusive national currencies emerged for the first time only during the nineteenth century. This major change involved a narrow definition of legal tender and the exclusion of tokens of value issued outside the national territory. "Territorial currencies" rapidly became bound up with the rise of national markets, and money reflected basic questions of national identity and self-presentation: In what way should money be managed to serve national goals? Whose pictures should go on the banknotes? Helleiner draws out the potent implications of this largely unknown history for today's context. Territorial currencies face challenges from many monetary innovations—the creation of the euro, dollarization, the spread of local currencies, and the prospect of privately issued electronic currencies. While these challenges are dramatic, the author argues that their significance should not be overstated. Even in their short historical life, territorial currencies have never been as dominant as conventional wisdom suggests. The future of this kind of currency, Helleiner contends, depends on political struggles across the globe, struggles that echo those at the birth of national money.
The £1,000,000 Bank Note and Other New Stories is a collection of nine short stories by American writer, Mark Twain, first published in 1893. The stories included are: The £1,000,000 Bank-note; Mental Telegraphy; A Cure for the Blues; The Enemy Conquered; or, Love Triumphant; About all Kinds of Ships; Playing Courier; The German Chicago; A Petition to the Queen of England; and, A Majestic Literary Fossil.
"I was a twenty-seven-year-old mining-broker's clerk in San Francisco, and an expert in all the details of stock traffic. I was alone in the world and had nothing to depend upon but my wits and a clean reputation; but these were setting my feet in the road to eventual fortune, and I was content with the prospect." -The £1,000,000 Bank Note (1893) The £1,000,000 Bank Note and Other New Stories (1893) is a collection of nine humorous short stories by Mark Twain. The title story is an entertaining tale about how a bet between two rich English gentleman results in a poor clerk from San Francisco gaining wealth and status in London society. Movie fans will recognize this story as the inspiration for the 1980s movie Trading Places. This replica of the 1893 edition of The £1,000,000 Bank Note and Other New Stories is a charming addition to anyone's library of Mark Twain books.
Folding and shaping bills into the Statue of Liberty, an eagle, a teddy bear, and a butterfly are just some of the projects featured in this remarkable and all-inclusive guide to folding money into personal, handcrafted cash gifts - from cars, fans, and flowers, to hats, monsters, and more. Appealing not only to crafters, but to anyone who wants to give a unique gift, this handy collection offers something for everyone and designs for every occasion.
"I was a twenty-seven-year-old mining-broker's clerk in San Francisco, and an expert in all the details of stock traffic. I was alone in the world and had nothing to depend upon but my wits and a clean reputation; but these were setting my feet in the road to eventual fortune, and I was content with the prospect." -The £1,000,000 Bank Note (1893) The £1,000,000 Bank Note and Other New Stories (1893) is a collection of nine humorous short stories by Mark Twain. The title story is an entertaining tale about how a bet between two rich English gentleman results in a poor clerk from San Francisco gaining wealth and status in London society. Movie fans will recognize this story as the inspiration for the 1980s movie Trading Places. This replica of the 1893 edition of The £1,000,000 Bank Note and Other New Stories is a charming addition to anyone's library of Mark Twain books.
From computers to the natural world, help your child find out everything they need to know about anything with this fact-packed Children's Illustrated Encyclopedia. They'll find over 500 articles arranged from A-Z on subjects they need to know about, all illustrated with dramatic photos, cut-aways, charts and maps. The encyclopedia has been fully revised to include recent scientific breakthroughs, space missions and discoveries, as well as political, social and ecological changes, so your child can keep fully up-to-date with what has been happening in the world. Plus, they'll be able to discover more about subjects using more than 5,000 fully-vetted and regularly updated internet links. Perfect for projects or just for fun, this is the ultimate illustrated family encyclopedia.
What does money mean? Where does it come from and how does it work? In this highly topical book, Mary Mellor, an expert on money, examines money’s social, political and commercial histories to debunk longstanding myths such as money being in short supply and needing to come from somewhere. Arguing that money’s immense social value means that its creation and circulation should be a matter of democratic choice, she sets out a new finance system, based on green and feminist concerns, to bring radical change for social good.