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Top 5 Facts You Didn't Know About Money

Expert Author Uzair Arshad

To earn and to know about money, is a common desire of human. There are hundreds of interesting things in the world which are not known to you. Let me give you some very amazing facts about money.

1. The Largest Banknote

The Philippines government had made a banknote of 100,000 Peso, which is the world's largest banknote ever. It was just made to celebrate the freedom day from the Spanish rule.

2. The First Ever ATM

The inventor of world's first ever ATM is John Shepherd-Barron. He offered the device idea to England's famous bank Barclays. They agreed and built a first Automatic Teller Machine (ATM) in 1967. This machine used the PIN codes formula for money withdrawal.

3. The Beginning Of Dollar ($)

Although no one knows exactly the start of Dollar ($) but the most predicted years are 1870 or before. U.S. Bureau of Engraving and Printing also accepts this fact. In start the sign of Dollar was made using Spanish and Mexican pesos, "P S " You never noticed that the Dollar paper notes have no Dollar sign at all.

4. Queen Elizabeth's Portrait

If you saw the currency of Australia and Trinidad and Tobago, what you see in common? Its the portrait of Queen Elizabeth II. You don't have any idea that almost 33 countries are using different images and photos of Queen Elizabeth. It is more than that of any other individual.

5. Extreme Of Inflation

In January 2010, the newly formed government of Zimbabwe issued a strange $100 trillion note. The deciders were President Robert Mugabe and Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai. Although it just continued for one week, but it showed the inflation extreme in Zimbabwe.

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