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Seigniorage, the Glossary

Seigniorage, also spelled seignorage or seigneurage, is the difference between the value of money and the cost to produce and distribute it.^[1]

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Bank of England

The Bank of England is the central bank of the United Kingdom and the model on which most modern central banks have been based.

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Banknotes of the Swiss franc

Banknotes of the Swiss franc are issued by the Swiss National Bank in denominations of 10, 20, 50, 100, 200 and 1,000 Swiss francs.

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Breakage (accounting)

In telecommunications and accounting, breakage is any type of service which is unused by the customer. Seigniorage and breakage (accounting) are Management accounting.

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Carry (investment)

The carry of an asset is the return obtained from holding it (if positive), or the cost of holding it (if negative) (see also Cost of carry).

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Central bank

A central bank, reserve bank, national bank, or monetary authority is an institution that manages the currency and monetary policy of a country or monetary union.

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Central Bank of Ireland

The Central Bank of Ireland (Banc Ceannais na hÉireann) is the Irish member of the Eurosystem and had been the monetary authority for Ireland from 1943 to 1998, issuing the Irish pound.

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Coin

A coin is a small object, usually round and flat, used primarily as a medium of exchange or legal tender.

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To counterfeit means to imitate something authentic, with the intent to steal, destroy, or replace the original, for use in illegal transactions, or otherwise to deceive individuals into believing that the fake is of equal or greater value than the real product.

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Currency

A currency is a standardization of money in any form, in use or circulation as a medium of exchange, for example banknotes and coins.

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Currency substitution

Currency substitution is the use of a foreign currency in parallel to or instead of a domestic currency.

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Debt monetization

Debt monetization or monetary financing is the practice of a government borrowing money from the central bank to finance public spending instead of selling bonds to private investors or raising taxes.

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Deflation

In economics, deflation is a decrease in the general price level of goods and services.

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Demurrage (currency)

Demurrage is the cost associated with owning or holding currency over a given period.

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Dissolution of the Soviet Union

The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) was formally dissolved as a sovereign state and subject of international law on 26 December 1991 by Declaration № 142-Н of the Soviet of the Republics of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union.

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Eagle (United States coin)

The eagle is a United States $10 gold coin issued by the United States Mint from 1795 to 1933.

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Federal government of the United States

The federal government of the United States (U.S. federal government or U.S. government) is the national government of the United States, a federal republic located primarily in North America, composed of 50 states, five major self-governing territories, several island possessions, and the federal district/national capital of Washington, D.C., where most of the federal government is based.

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Federal Reserve

The Federal Reserve System (often shortened to the Federal Reserve, or simply the Fed) is the central banking system of the United States.

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Fiat money

Fiat money is a type of currency that is not backed by a precious metal, such as gold or silver, or backed by any other tangible asset or commodity. Seigniorage and Fiat money are Numismatics.

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Fractional-reserve banking

Fractional-reserve banking is the system of banking in all countries worldwide, under which banks that take deposits from the public keep only part of their deposit liabilities in liquid assets as a reserve, typically lending the remainder to borrowers.

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Free banking

Free banking is a monetary arrangement where banks are free to issue their own paper currency (banknotes) while also being subject to no special regulations beyond those applicable to most enterprises.

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Full-reserve banking

Full-reserve banking (also known as 100% reserve banking, or sovereign money system) is a system of banking where banks do not lend demand deposits and instead only lend from time deposits.

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Gold as an investment

Of all the precious metals, gold is the most popular as an investment.

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Gold standard

A gold standard is a monetary system in which the standard economic unit of account is based on a fixed quantity of gold.

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Government of Canada

The Government of Canada (Gouvernement du Canada) is the body responsible for the federal administration of Canada.

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Hard money (policy)

Hard money policies support a specie standard, usually gold or silver, typically implemented with representative money.

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Hyperinflation in Zimbabwe

Hyperinflation in Zimbabwe is an ongoing period of currency instability in Zimbabwe which, using Cagan's definition of hyperinflation, began in February 2007.

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Inflation

In economics, inflation is a general increase in the prices of goods and services in an economy.

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Inflation hedge

An inflation hedge is an investment intended to protect the investor against—hedge—a decrease in the purchasing power of money—inflation.

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Inflationism

Inflationism is a heterodox economic, fiscal, or monetary policy, that predicts that a substantial level of inflation is harmless, desirable or even advantageous.

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Interest

In finance and economics, interest is payment from a borrower or deposit-taking financial institution to a lender or depositor of an amount above repayment of the principal sum (that is, the amount borrowed), at a particular rate.

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Joseph Huber (economist)

Joseph Huber (born 4 November 1948 in Mannheim) is a retired German professor of sociology.

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Kosuke Takahashi

is a Japanese journalist.

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Mainstream economics

Mainstream economics is the body of knowledge, theories, and models of economics, as taught by universities worldwide, that are generally accepted by economists as a basis for discussion.

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Mint (facility)

A mint is an industrial facility which manufactures coins that can be used as currency.

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Monetarism

Monetarism is a school of thought in monetary economics that emphasizes the role of policy-makers in controlling the amount of money in circulation.

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Monetary base

In economics, the monetary base (also base money, money base, high-powered money, reserve money, outside money, central bank money or, in the UK, narrow money) in a country is the total amount of money created by the central bank.

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Monetary inflation

Monetary inflation is a sustained increase in the money supply of a country (or currency area).

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Money

Money is any item or verifiable record that is generally accepted as payment for goods and services and repayment of debts, such as taxes, in a particular country or socio-economic context.

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Money laundering

Money laundering is the process of illegally concealing the origin of money, obtained from illicit activities such as drug trafficking, corruption, embezzlement or gambling, by converting it into a legitimate source.

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Money supply

In macroeconomics, money supply (or money stock) refers to the total volume of money held by the public at a particular point in time.

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Operation Bernhard

Operation Bernhard was an exercise by Nazi Germany to forge British bank notes.

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Pound sterling

Sterling (ISO code: GBP) is the currency of the United Kingdom and nine of its associated territories.

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Purchasing power

Purchasing power refers to the amount of products and services available for purchase with a certain currency unit.

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Quantitative easing

Quantitative easing (QE) is a monetary policy action where a central bank purchases predetermined amounts of government bonds or other financial assets in order to stimulate economic activity.

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Quarter (United States coin)

The quarter, formally known as the quarter dollar, is a denomination of currency in the United States valued at 25 cents, representing one-quarter of a dollar.

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Rational expectations

Rational expectations is an economic theory that seeks to infer the macroeconomic consequences of individuals' decisions based on all available knowledge.

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Reserve currency

A reserve currency is a foreign currency that is held in significant quantities by central banks or other monetary authorities as part of their foreign exchange reserves.

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Royal Canadian Mint

The Royal Canadian Mint (Monnaie royale canadienne) is the mint of Canada and a Crown corporation, operating under the Royal Canadian Mint Act.

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Security (finance)

A security is a tradable financial asset.

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Silver certificate

A silver certificate is a certificate of ownership that silver owners hold instead of storing the actual silver.

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Silver standard

The silver standard is a monetary system in which the standard economic unit of account is a fixed weight of silver.

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Store of value

A store of value is any commodity or asset that would normally retain purchasing power into the future and is the function of the asset that can be saved, retrieved and exchanged at a later time, and be predictably useful when retrieved.

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Swiss franc

The Swiss franc, or simply the franc (Swiss German; franc; franco; franc), is the currency and legal tender of Switzerland and Liechtenstein.

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Switzerland

Switzerland, officially the Swiss Confederation, is a landlocked country located in west-central Europe.

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Tax

A tax is a mandatory financial charge or some other type of levy imposed on a taxpayer (an individual or legal entity) by a governmental organization to collectively fund government spending, public expenditures, or as a way to regulate and reduce negative externalities.

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Territories of the United States

Territories of the United States are sub-national administrative divisions overseen by the federal government of the United States.

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The Washington Post

The Washington Post, locally known as "the Post" and, informally, WaPo or WP, is an American daily newspaper published in Washington, D.C., the national capital.

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Trinity College Dublin

Trinity College Dublin (Coláiste na Tríonóide), officially The College of the Holy and Undivided Trinity of Queen Elizabeth near Dublin, is the sole constituent college of the University of Dublin, Ireland.

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United States Department of the Treasury

The Department of the Treasury (USDT) is the national treasury and finance department of the federal government of the United States, where it serves as an executive department.

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United States Mint

The United States Mint is a bureau of the Department of the Treasury responsible for producing coinage for the United States to conduct its trade and commerce, as well as controlling the movement of bullion.

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United States one-hundred-dollar bill

The United States one-hundred-dollar bill (US$100) is a denomination of United States currency.

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Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly known as Washington or D.C., is the capital city and federal district of the United States.

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World War II

World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.

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Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe, relief map Zimbabwe, officially the Republic of Zimbabwe, is a landlocked country in Southern Africa, between the Zambezi and Limpopo Rivers, bordered by South Africa to the south, Botswana to the southwest, Zambia to the north, and Mozambique to the east.

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50 State quarters

The 50 State quarters (authorized by) was a series of circulating commemorative quarters released by the United States Mint.

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500 euro note

The five-hundred-euro note (500 €) is the highest-value euro banknote; it was produced between the introduction of the euro (in its cash form) in 2002 until 2019.

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[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seigniorage

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