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- Paper money was made by the Tang Dynasty in China in 740 B.C. They made the paper money as an offshoot of the invention of block printing. Block printing is like stamping. Some people used the process for quilts, but the government made ready use of it in printing money.
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About United States Currency About United States Currency. The first paper money created by the US Government for general circulation. These notes were payable on demand at certain Treasury offices. Interestingly, the term greenback originally comes from these notes as the reverse of the notes was printed with green inks.
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- When Johann Vaaler patented his paper clip in 1901, there already were similar designs on the books. William Middlebrook of Waterbury, Connecticut patented his design in 1899.
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U.S. paper currency and presidents (Faces) on bills Benjamin Franklin. Benjamin Franklin is also on half dollar coin. He was not a President. He was one of the Founding Fathers and the first United States Postmaster General. He designed the experiment to prove that lightning is electricity by flying a kite in a storm and invented the lighting rod.
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What is 'Paper Money' BREAKING DOWN 'Paper Money'. The first recorded use of paper money was believed to be in China during the 7th century A.D. as a means of reducing the need to carry heavy and cumbersome strings of metallic coins to conduct transactions.
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Facts Franklin was the first person in America to manufacture type. He created a sans-serif font known as Franklin Gothic. It was named after him in 1902 and it is usually used in newspaper headlines. Forbes ranked Benjamin Franklin the 89 th richest man in American history. As a boy Franklin loved swimming. His first invention was swimming fins for the hands.
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- Learn how English colonists used British paper currency such as pounds and shillings, and how Ben Franklin printed money for the Pennsylvania government.
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New study: Up to 90 percent of U.S. paper money contains traces of cocaine Think again! In what researchers describe as the largest, most comprehensive analysis to date of cocaine contamination in banknotes, scientists are reporting that cocaine is present in up to 90 percent of paper money in the United States, particularly in large cities such as Baltimore, Boston, and Detroit.
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Who invented paper? Ancient China and the history of paper Ts'ai Lun seems to have made his paper by mixing finely chopped mulberry bark and hemp rags with water, mashing it flat, and then pressing out the water and letting it dry in the sun. He may have based his idea on bark cloth, which was very common in China and also made from mulberry bark.
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The Invention of Paper Money This currency lasted only nine years, however, as the Song Dynasty tottered, falling to the Mongols in 1279. The Mongol Yuan Dynasty, founded by Kublai Khan, issued its own form of paper currency called chao. Marco Polo was amazed by the idea of government-backed currency, during his stay in Kublai Khan's court. However, the paper money was not backed by gold or silver.
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- As a result, China eliminated paper money entirely in 1455 and wouldn't adopt it again for several hundred years. Another not-so-well-known fact: the word cash was originally used to describe the type of round bronze coins with square holes commonly used in the Tang Dynasty, called kai-yuans. 1  Email. 2  Print. 3  Share. 4  Facebook. 5  Twitter. 6  Tumblr. 7  LinkedIn. 8  StumbleUpon. 9  Reddit. 10  Digg. 11  Mixx. 12  Del.i.cious. 13  Google+.
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Who invented the paperclip Who invented the paperclip. When Johann Vaaler patented his paper clip in 1901, there already were similar designs on the books. William Middlebrook of Waterbury, Connecticut patented his design in 1899.
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- A ground-breaking invention. Johannes Gutenberg was the German goldsmith who invented the printing press in the mid-15th century. As he was not famous during his lifetime, Gutenberg's exact date of birth is not known; it is thought to be around 1400.
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History of money In his book Debt: The First 5000 Years, anthropologist David Graeber argues against the suggestion that money was invented to replace barter. The problem with this version of history, he suggests, is the lack of any supporting evidence.
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History Of Toilet Paper It wasn’t until 1857 that Joseph Gayetty began selling “medicated paper” made of hemp with added aloe. Proud of his invention, Gayetty had his own name printed on every sheet. Outshining Gayetty’s product, was the invention of toilet paper on a roll, popularized by two brothers in 1890. They declined to put their name on any part of it, however, and just sold the product directly to hotels and drugstores.
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- by Colleen Dumas. Paper money was made by the Tang Dynasty in China in 740 B.C. They made the paper money as an offshoot of the invention of block printing. Block printing is like stamping. Some people used the process for quilts, but the government made ready use of it in printing money. They made paper money because their devalued coins were becoming too heavy to carry. Before the Tang invention there were many other ways to buy things.
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Jewish diaspora Paper. Paper was first invented in China about 105 A.C. Its use then spread to Chinese Turkestan in central Asia, the Arab world (c. 751 A.D.), Syria, Egypt, Morocco, Spain (c. 1150 A.D.), southern France, and the rest of Europe.
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- On February 3, 1690, the Massachusetts Bay Colony issued the first paper money in the U.S., in order to pay for its war. Massachusetts was a truly pioneering colony when it came to money. They were also the first to mint their own silver coins in 1652, despite a British law against it. On February 3, 1690, the Massachusetts Bay Colony issued the first paper money in the U.S., in order to pay for its war.
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Facts Since 1928 Franklin’s portrait has been in the $100 bill. Benjamin Franklin and Alexander Hamilton are the only non-president appearing in US dollar bills. From 1948 to 1963 Franklin’s portrait was on the Half Dollar. Franklin was the first person in America to manufacture type. He created a sans-serif font known as Franklin Gothic. It was named after him in 1902 and it is usually used in newspaper headlines. Forbes ranked Benjamin Franklin the 89th richest man in American history.
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History of Chinese Invention - The Invention of Paper Money By the 15th century even China had more or less given up paper money. Over this period, paper notes were issued irresponsibly, to the point that their value rapidly depreciated and inflation soared. Then beginning in 1455, the use of paper money in China disappeared for several hundred years. This was still many years before paper currency would reappear in Europe, and three centuries before it was considered common.
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- • Bette Graham's Story. • The Life of Bette Nesmith Graham. Liquid Paper was invented by Bette Nesmith Graham, whose son Michael Nesmith was a member of the American rock group The Monkees. Bette Graham was 17 when she got a job at a Texas bank as a secretary, even though she didn't know how to type. She was young and energetic, and she worked.
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The History of Paper Around 1100 A.D. paper arrived in Northern Africa and by 1150 A.D. it arrived to Spain as a result of the crusades and established the first paper industry in Europe. In 1453 A.D. Johann Gutenberg invents the printing press. The first paper industry in the North America was built in Philadelphia in 1690.
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History of Chinese Invention - The Invention of Paper Xuan paper is mostly used in Chinese paintings and calligraphy because of its smooth, durable, and whiteness of the paper. The Song Dynasty was the first government to issue paper currency. By the end of the 7th century, the papermaking process reached India, Nepal, Pakistan, and Bangladesh.
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Fiat Currency Fiat Money -China — Flying Money. When the Chinese first started using paper money, they called it “flying money,” because it could just fly from your hands. The reason for the issuance of paper money is simple. There was a copper shortage, so banks had switched to the use of iron coinage.
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The First Paper Money Paper bills were first used by the Chinese, who started carrying folding money during the Tang Dynasty (A.D. 618-907)  mostly in the form of privately issued bills of credit or exchange notes  and used it for more than 500 years before the practice began to catch on in Europe in the 17th century.