paper currency
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The push goes beyond paper currency: federal officials have also approved a commemorative gold coin bearing Trump’s likeness, while proposals for a $1 coin featuring the president have raised legal and ethical questions.
From Salon • Mar. 28, 2026
Brandon Beach is the treasurer of the United States, a job that is cool in one respect, which is that your signature appears on America’s paper currency.
From Slate • Mar. 28, 2026
The best I can say about bitcoin — and it isn’t much, but it’s something — is that it isn’t a paper currency like the U.S. dollar.
From MarketWatch • Nov. 18, 2025
The Chinese were trading in paper currency, mechanizing the fabric industry, burning coal and producing steel long before the Europeans.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 27, 2025
Lockton reached into the chest and pulled out two handfuls of paper currency.
From "Chains" by Laurie Halse Anderson
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