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| Coins can be awkward to carry, trade, store, and protect. Paper money evolved as a convenient substitute to further facilitate trade. | |||
| Bearer receipts were an early form of paper money | |||
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| The Chinese issued the world’s first paper money | |||
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| America's first paper money was redeemable in English shillings | |||
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| This Swedish paper note replaced copper plate money | |||
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