Specie
121hard money — Specie; a coin of the precious metals, of a certain weight and fineness, with the government stamp thereon, denoting its value as a medium of exchange, or currency. Henry v Bank of Salina (NY) 5 Hill 523, 536 …
122Gold standard — For other uses, see Gold standard (disambiguation). Under a gold standard, paper notes are convertible into pre set, fixed quantities of gold. The gold standard is a monetary system in which the standard economic unit of account is a fixed mass… …
123Swedish riksdaler — The riksdaler was the name of a Swedish coin first minted in 1604. Between 1777 and 1873, it was the currency of Sweden. The daler, like the dollar, was named after the German Thaler. The similarly named Reichsthaler, rijksdaalder and rigsdaler… …
124Enrico Hillyer Giglioli — (1845 1909) Enrico Hillyer Giglioli (* 13. Juni 1845 in London ; † 16. Dezember 1909 in Florenz) war ein italienischer Zoologe und Anthropologe. In englischsprachiger Literatur findet man ihn auch als He …
125Fiat currency — The terms fiat currency and fiat money relate to types of currency or money whose usefulness results, not from any intrinsic value or guarantee that it can be converted into gold or another currency, but instead from a government s order (fiat)… …
126Merchant Street Historic District — U.S. National Register of Historic Places U.S. Historic district …
127Fiat money — Yuan dynasty banknotes were the earliest fiat money. Fiat money is money that has value only because of government regulation or law. The term derives from the Latin fiat, meaning let it be done , as such money is established by government decree …
128Norwegisches Geldwesen — behandelt die Geschichte des Geldes von den Anfängen bis zum Ende der Skandinavischen Münzunion (SMU) 1924. Am Anfang der Handelsgeschichte Norwegens steht die Warenwährung. Sie hielt sich teilweise bis ins 16. Jahrhundert. Bestimmte Waren hatten …
