16 interesting facts about the money

Hello I publish an article about the money.

A lot of time studying the history of money.

1. According to one research scientists, 90% of the banknotes of US dollars traces of cocaine were found. 

2. According to official data the first paper money was made in China about 1,400 years ago. 

3. Every year, to play the popular game Monopoly money is printed more game than the real world.

 4. The largest operation in the Mint conducted a Philippine government. In 1998, officials have printed banknote denominations of 100,000 Philippine pesos. These notes were printed in very limited quantities and on A4 paper. 

5. The first ATM was made and set in London in 1967. 

6. From Australia to Trinidad and Tobago, Queen Elizabeth II portraits were shown in 33 currencies around the world - more than any other person in the world. 

7. To deal with the problem of hyperinflation, which reached a record level 23.1000.000%, the Zimbabwean authorities released 100 trillion of local money. 

8. According to scientific research, if you want to save money - do not touch anything in the store. When you touch the goods, you immediately increase the desire to buy it.

 9. Each year, gambling brings more profit than the entire film and music industry, tourism and sport. 

10. Around 1923, the money in Germany is so worthless that the citizens began to use the notes as wallpaper. 

11. The Nazis faked British pounds totaling 134,610,810 pounds. The plan was to destabilize the British economy, and these fake notes, and to this day is considered one of the most sophisticated counterfeit money in the world. 

12. Throughout history, people have used various forms of money, including, for example, some of the most popular grass, soap, cocoa, cereal, animal hair, feathers, tea, tobacco and many others. 

13. One of the first officially documented falsifications of money took place in 540 BC, when Polycrates of Samos used fake gold coins to pay the debt Spartans. 

14. Currently, the world uses more than 170 different currencies 

15. There are over 1.6 million ATMs, which for some reason are the most popular for use on Friday. 

16. Only 8% of the total global amount of funds are in the "physical cash", the rest is in electronic form.