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Fascinating facts, laws and lore about currency and the money supply, past and present. Printing, storage, circulation, reclamation, counterfeiting, losers' and finders' rights, much more--with entertaining anecdotes.
Contents
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Preface
1. Money's Precursors
Barter Systems
Commodity Money
Wampum
Metallic Money
Paper Money
2. Coins as Money
Early Coins
Coins in Colonial America
United States Coinage
The First Mint Established
Gold Coinage
Silver Coinage
Present Coinage
Commemorative Coins
"In God We Trust"
How Coins Are Made and Stored
3. Currency
Its Origins
Continental Currency
Pre- Federal Reserve System Currencies
Federal Reserve Bank Notes
The Saga of the $2 Bill
Design Characteristics and Symbolism
Printing and Circulation
4. Checkbook Money
What Is a Check?
The Development of Checks
Check Processing
Advantages and Disadvantages of Check Writing
The Cost of Writing Checks
Electronic Money
5. Credit Cards
Their Origins
Bank Cards
Use and Attitude Toward Credit Cards
6. Credit
Early Use
Allocation of Credit
Credit Regulations
Advantages of Credit
How to Obtain Credit
7. Creation and Control of Money
Money Creation and Supply
Control of Money
The Use of Gold and Silver
Momentum Toward a Central Bank
The Creation of the Federal Reserve System
8. The Federal Reserve System
Implementing the System
The Federal Reserve Board
How the Fed Controls Money
Financing Deficit Spending
Its Modern Influence
The Decision-Making Process
9. Money and the
Legal Tender Laws
Counterfeiting
Found Money
10. You and Your Money
Record-Keeping
Budgeting Your Money
Planning for the Future
Planning an Investment Portfolio
11. Conclusion
What Is Money?
Some Definitions of Money
Selected Expressions and Slang
Comments About Money
Appendices Significant Dates in the History of U.S. Coinage
Significant Dates in the History of U.S. Currency
Interesting Items Used as Money
Money in Circulation
World Population and Currencies
The Federal Reserve System
1986 Domestic Coinage
Loans and Securities for All Commercial Banks
Consumer Installment Credit
Money Stock, Liquid Assets, Debt Measures
Gold and Silver Bullion Coin Specifications
Bibliography
Index
