Did you know? 10 facts about money

"Money is evil," "Money is the cause of all problems," "Money solves everything", people say, recalling the golden days of natural exchange that once existed.

However, since mankind invented money and perfected the monetary system, relations in society have been considerably simplified. The process of improving the financial system is endless, and now it is ongoing as well. And its main purpose is just that - to facilitate interaction between people and communities.

We've chosen 10 most outstanding facts about money that you might not know:

• The $ 100,000 banknote exists! Such banknotes were used for settlements between banks, but they were not put into circulation.
• Pablo Escobar, the drug lord and one of the richest men in history, burned $ 2 million overnight. He and his family were hiding from FBI agents in the mountains. To keep warm, they made a fire of money.
• The first money transfer in the world was made remotely in the United States in 1918 using the telegraph.
• The $ 100 banknote is the most common banknote in the world.
• There are coins with fragments of mammoth bones in Côte d'Ivoire! These collector coins were minted in limited editions.
• The dollar sign appeared before the dollar itself. Before the U.S. had its own currency, Mexican pesos were used for mutual settlements, which was denoted by the $ sign.
• Tobacco was money! Tobacco leaves were used as money in South and Central America.
• The largest coin in the world appeared in Australia in 2011. It is made of solid gold, weighs 1 ton and has a diameter of 80 cm.
• Inflation in Germany in the 1920s led to banknotes being used instead of wallpaper. Money became so depreciated that many people used it to wallpaper the walls of their homes.
• In 2007, Mongolia issued unique coins with the image of American President Kennedy, equipped with a speaker. When a button was pressed, the coin produced a recording of one of Kennedy's speeches.

The main thing to remember about money: in today's world, finances are primarily about energy. The energy of abundance. And the happy person is not the one who has a lot of money, but the one who is able to benefit from any amount of it!