paper currency

Example Sentences

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On Thursday it was reported that his signature will appear on all paper currency going forward.

From Salon • Mar. 29, 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 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

Second, some gold fans point back to instances such as the Weimar Republic in Germany in 1923, when the paper currency was rendered worthless by the greatest example of hyperinflation in recorded history.

From MarketWatch • Oct. 14, 2025

Familiar examples include standardized weights and measures, electrical voltages and cables, computer file formats, and paper currency.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker