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The Story of FinanceDuration: 30 Mins

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Contents•The Story Money• General Explanation• Functions of Money• Types of Money

•The History of Money• The Barter system• Emergence of money• Commodity money• Currency• Fiat money• History of Rupee

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•General Explanation•Functions of Money•Types of Money

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What is Money?

Money basically is, any object or record that is generally accepted as payment for goods and services and repayment of debts in a given socio-economic context or country.

You use money to buy a thing or a service.

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Functions of Moneywww.funancialquest.com Module 1: The Story of Finance | Money

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Functions of money

The functions of money are as follows:

1. Standard of deferred payment2. Medium of Exchange3. Unit of account4. Store of value5. Measure of value

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Functions of Money

1.) Standard of Deferred Payment

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A "standard of deferred payment" is an accepted way to settle a debt.

In the Indian currency notes, it is represented by the signed declaration of the Governor of the Reserve Bank of India (as shown above) which promises the bearer of the note to be paid the sum mentioned on the note.

This is also the reason, why currency notes with such promises are known as promissory notes.

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Functions of Money

2.) Medium of Exchange


When money is used to pay for goods and services, it performs the function of being the medium of exchange.

In the earlier days, people used to exchange goods (barter system). For this system to work, there was a need to have a coincidence of wants, which means Person A must have what Person B wants and vice versa for the exchange to take place.

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This basically meant that a fruit farmer in need of a chicken in those times, needed to find a farmer who was interested in having fruits.

Sometimes, it became difficult for individuals to find perfect matches. Thus rose the need to have something which is universally needed and thus exchanged.

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Functions of Money



Thus was the need to have a common function of money which was acceptable by everyone.

So a potter could give his pots to a cattle owner in exchange of money and then pay money to the farmer to buy rice, who pays back to the cattle owner to get what he wanted!

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Functions of Money

3.) Unit of account


A unit of account is a standard monetary unit of measurement of value/cost of goods, services, or assets.

A standard unit of account allows meaningful interpretation of prices, costs, and profits in the economy. C

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Unit of account

Store of value

Medium of

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Functions of Money

4.) Store of value


To act as a store of value, money must be able to be saved (or stored) and retrieved (or brought back) at a later time, while being useful.

Alternative stores of value include: Real State, Precious Metal and Stones, Collectibles like art, Stock ownership in a company etc. C

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Functions of Money

5.) Measure of value


Money, essentially acts as a standard measure and common denomination of trade. it is thus a basis for quoting and bargaining of prices.

It has significantly in developing efficient accounting systems. But the most important usage is that it provides a method to compare the values of dissimilar objects.

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Types of Money

What are the types of money


There are primarily 5 types of money

• Commodity money• Representative money• Fiat money• Currency• Commercial bank money

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Types of Money

Commodity money


Many items have been used as commodity money such as naturally scarce precious metals, conch shells, barley, beads etc., as well as many other things that are thought of as having value. Commodity money value comes from the commodity out of which it is made. The commodity itself constitutes the money, and the money is the commodity. C

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Representative money


money that consists of token coins, or other physical tokens such as certificates, that can be reliably exchanged for a fixed quantity of a commodity such as gold or silver. The value of representative money stands in direct and fixed relation to the commodity that backs it, while not itself being composed of that commodity. C

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Fiat money


Fiat money or fiat currency is money whose value is not derived from any intrinsic value or guarantee that it can be converted into a valuable commodity (such as gold). Instead, it has value only by government order (fiat). Usually, the government declares the fiat currency (typically notes and coins from a central bank, such as the Federal Reserve System in the U.S.) to be legal tender, making it unlawful to not accept the fiat currency as a means of repayment for all debts, public and private.

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Types of Money

Currency


Currency refers to physical objects generally accepted as a medium of exchange. These are usually the coins and banknotes of a particular government, which comprise the physical aspects of a nation's money supply.

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Commercial bank money


Commercial bank money or demand deposits are claims against financial institutions that can be used for the purchase of goods and services.

Banks have the legal obligation to return funds held in demand deposits immediately upon demand (or 'at call'). Demand deposit withdrawals can be performed in person, via checks or bank drafts, using automatic teller machines (ATMs), or through online banking.

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History of Money

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The Barter System

What is Barter System


Barter is a method of exchange by which goods or services are directly exchanged for other goods or services without using a medium of exchange, such as money

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The Barter System

What were its limitations?


•Absence of common measure of value•Indivisibility of certain goods•Lack of standards for deferred payments•Difficulty in storing wealth

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Emergence of Money



Due to the problems being faced in the barter system – man started searching for a different system which would make sense for un ending economies. the things with the most desirable; useful and their reliability in terms of the confidence a person would have had in the re-use and re-trading of these things

With the start in the trade of copper and silver

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According to Aristotle, When the inhabitants of one country became more dependent on those of another, and they imported what they needed, and exported what they had too much of, money necessarily came into use

According to Economist Carl Menger, money emerged spontaneously through the self-interested actions of individuals. No single person sat back and conceived of a universal medium of exchange, and no government compulsion was necessary to effect the transition from a condition of barter to a money economy.

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Commodity money

The Idea


Bartering has several problems, most notably that it requires a 'coincidence of wants'. For example, if a wheat farmer needs what a fruit farmer produces, a direct swap is impossible as seasonal fruit would spoil before the grain harvest. A solution is to trade fruit for wheat indirectly through a third, "intermediate", commodity: the fruit is exchanged for the intermediate commodity when the fruit ripens. If this intermediate commodity doesn't perish and is reliably in demand throughout the year (e.g. copper, gold, or wine) then it can be exchanged for wheat after the harvest.

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Commodity money

What is Commodity Money


Commodity money is money whose value comes from a commodity of which it is made. It is objects that have value in themselves as well as for use as money.

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Currency

History of minting coins


The first known ruler who officially set standards of weight and money was Pheidon.

The first manufactured coins seems to have taken place separately in India, China, and in cities around the Aegean sea between 700 and 500 BC. C

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History of minting coins


While these Aegean coins were stamped (heated and hammered with insignia), the Indian coins (from the Ganges river valley) were punched metal disks, and Chinese coins (first developed in the Great Plain) were cast bronze with holes in the center to be strung together. The different forms and metallurgical process implies a separate development. C

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Currency

Coins to trading bills


As the economy progressed, the volume of trade flourished, carrying a large quantity of coins became cumbersome.

Traders gradually started using bills of reputable buyers to exchange among themselves. C

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Some traders also started using these bills to get even early credit, thereby making these bills the medium of exchange and medium of value.

Some of these reputable merchants which releases such bills were goldsmiths, who later also started lending money and providing the service of safekeeping of money or gold. These individuals later graduated into early banking institutions.

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Some of the banks, started issuing paper notes in exchange for deposits which went on to be called bank notes.

Bank notes gradually started circulating as currency. These banknotes were a form of representative money which could be converted into gold or silver by application at the bank.

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Generally, these bank notes carried a promise to pay the sum mentioned to the bearer – which lead to these notes also being called promissory notes.

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Fiat Money

What is it?


Fiat money refers to money that is not backed by reserves of another commodity.

Fiat money originated in 11th century China, and its use became widespread during the Yuan and Ming dynasties.

By World War I most nations had a legalized government monopoly on bank notes and the legal tender status thereof. In theory, governments still promised to redeem notes in specie on demand.

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Yuan dynasty banknotes were the earliest fiat money

Song Dynasty Jiaozi, the world's earliest

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History of Rupee

Indian Rupees


Ancient India, presently northern part of the modern Indian sub-continent, was one of the earliest issuers of coins in the world (circa 6th century BC)

The origin of the word "rupee" is found in the Sanskrit rūpya "shaped; stamped, impressed; coin" and also from the Sanskrit word "rupa" meaning silver.

The original rūpaya was a silver coin weighing 175 grains troy (about 11.34 grams).

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Rupiya released by Sher Shah Suri, 1540-1545 CE, was the first Rupee

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Indian Rupees


Among the earliest issues of paper rupees were those by the Bank of Hindustan (1770–1832), the General Bank of Bengal and Bihar (1773–75, established by Warren Hastings), the Bengal Bank (1784–91), amongst others.

Formerly the rupee was divided into 16 annas, 64 paise, or 192 pies

During British rule, and the first decade of independence, the rupee was subdivided into 16 annas. Each anna was subdivided into either 4 pices, or 12 pies.

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British Indian 1 rupee, 1917

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Indian Rupees


In 1957, decimalisation occurred and the rupee was now divided into 100 Naye Paise (Hindi for new paisas). After a few years, the initial "Naye" was dropped.

However many still refer to 25, 50 and 75 paise as 4, 8 and 12 annas respectively

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History of Rupee

Reserve bank of India


The Reserve Bank of India was formally inaugurated on Monday, April 1, 1935 with its Central Office at Calcutta. Section 22 of the RBI Act, 1934, empowered it to continue issuing Government of India notes until its own notes were ready for issue. The bank issued the first five rupee note bearing the portrait of George VI in 1938. This was followed by Rs. 10 in February, Rs 100 in March and Rs 1,000 and Rs 10,000 in June 1938. The first Reserve Bank issues were signed by the second Governor, Sir James Taylor.

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After Independence of India, the government brought out the new design Re. 1 note in 1949. Initially it was felt that the King's portrait be replaced by a portrait of Mahatma Gandhi. Finally however, the Lion Capital of Asoka was chosen. The new design of notes were largely along earlier lines. In 1953, Hindi was displayed prominently on the new notes. The economic crisis in late 1960s led to a reduction in the size of notes in 1967. High denomination notes, like Rs. 10,000 notes were demonetised in 1978.

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The "Mahatma Gandhi Series" was introduced in 1996. Prominent new features included a changed watermark, windowed security thread, latent image and intaglio features for the visually handicapped.

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