What is the currency of the United Kingdom?
AnswerPound sterling
The UK uses the pound sterling.
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The basics
What is counterfeit money?
AnswerFake money made to look real
Counterfeits are illegal imitations of real currency.
Going deeper
In which year did euro banknotes and coins enter circulation?
Answer2002
Euro cash went into circulation on January 1, 2002.
Whose portrait appears on the US $100 bill?
AnswerBenjamin Franklin
Franklin is on the $100 bill.
Which country is credited with the first widely used paper money?
AnswerChina
Paper money developed in China around the Tang and Song dynasties.
Expert level
Which 1944 conference set up the postwar system of fixed exchange rates?
AnswerBretton Woods
The Bretton Woods conference was held in New Hampshire in July 1944.
Which currency uses the code CHF?
AnswerSwiss franc
CHF comes from Confoederatio Helvetica franc.
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