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.

Properly managed, paper money is a powerful tool in maintaining ... And the memory of that paper currency, printed on Chinese mulberry paper, lives on today in a little garden in the middle ...

Chinese authorities are rolling out fresh measures to limit capital flight, including increased scrutiny of overseas ...

China was the first major economy to begin exploring its own digital currency in 2014, though it is yet to launch the proposed digital yuan. Unlike cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin, which are not ...

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 ...