paper money

Example Sentences

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The Treasury is limited by law on how much paper money and gold, silver and copper coins it can circulate at once.

From Seattle Times

Will the pandemic end the use of paper money?

From Washington Post

Three-quarters of the paper money that circulates is used for bus tickets, according to two banking sector sources.

From Reuters

Jerome H. Powell, the Fed chair, has signaled that outcompeting stablecoins could be one appeal of a central bank digital currency — a digital dollar that, like paper money, ties back directly to the Fed.

From New York Times

She recounts that, as a currency, cowries “have circulated longer than any other single coin or paper money in history.”

From Washington Post