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MONNAIE CONCRETE [2 records]

Record 1 2014-04-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Currency and Foreign Exchange
OBS

As a means of payment, money is something concrete (a coin, a dollar bill, a credit entry in a bank account).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Politique monétaire et marché des changes
CONT

Les monnaies concrètes sont constituées par des matières pourvues de signes caractéristiques permettant de les identifier.

Spanish

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Record 2 2002-05-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Currency and Foreign Exchange
CONT

Historically, a great variety of commodities has served at one time or another as a medium of exchange: cattle, ... tobacco, leather and hides .... The age of commodity money gives way to the age of paper money.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Politique monétaire et marché des changes

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Política monetaria y mercado de cambios
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