806 AD: Paper Currency The first paper banknotes appeared in China. In all, China experienced over 500 years of early paper money, spanning from the ninth through the fifteenth century.

Cash still king for China’s workers as digital yuan salaries fail to make splash China has begun to test paying some state employees through its digital currency, but the trial is not making muc ...

Wampum, a type of shell bead, were used as currency by Native ... One problem with paper money was counterfeiters - it was one of the reasons China stopped using printed money in the early 15th ...

don't expect China to spend its currency reserves protecting the Yuan. To any ordinary person, $3 trillion sounds like an awful lot of money. But if a bubble bursts in an economy the size of China ...