I have looked this up to no avail...where does our currency come from?  I understand it is printed somewhere, but who and what regulates how much is printed?
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The money is printed and managed by the Fedral Reserve and inflation determines the value of the dollar.
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We're now working on the principle of "credits" or "points". You trade me so many points, I keep your lights on. Pretty soon we won't use cash and won't need credit cards... our financial history and information will be linked to our thumbprints (of course, we must fight against this!!) so you'll just give you thumbprint and walk out of the grocery store or pay your electric or whatever. \n\nTechnically, there are not enough bills or coins in the US to cover all the monies we use daily.
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Call around to various banks and ask rather than just showing up. Call the one you use and have an account with first. I'm not sure what they will do now that Germany uses the Euro. When you call a bank (preferrably a big bank), ask for the International or foreign currency exchange dept. I hope you get a good exchange rate! Good Luck!
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I am unable to help too much since I don't understand your question.\n\nTo convert from one currency into another try the following site:\n\nhttp://www.gocurrency.com/add-converter.htm\nhttp://www.forex.ch/converter.htm
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We have different currencies because countries wish to maintain control of their own finances. The state of the  national currency is an important part of a nation's sovereign power.\n\nHow it works is really simple in principle. Currency is just another commodity for which people have varying needs and for which they are willing to pay varying amounts. Absent currency controls the value of a dollar, euro, yen or whatever is determined by what amount of other currencies people are willing to pay for them.
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I hate the 99.cents or what ever , why cant it be 1.00$ make it even. and yes I see your point . believe it or not there are people who really think they are getting a real deal.. it is all just frustrating....or what about , 4for 1$ , instead of 25cents each..
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b/c that will cause massive inflation (everything will cost more b/c ppl will have more $ to spend, stores will charge more and workers will work only for more $ b/c why work for 5$ if u can easily get the 5$ b/c they printed it.) also, the coutnry as a whole is in debt to other nations. if we print more money, they'll want more of it b/c of the inflation. Theyre not stupid.\n\nP.S. the person above me is an idiot
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Defacement of Currency\n\nDefacement of currency is a violation of Title 18, Section 333 of the United States Code. Under this provision, currency defacement is generally defined as follows: Whoever mutilates, cuts, disfigures, perforates, unites or cements together, or does any other thing to any bank bill, draft, note, or other evidence of debt issued by any national banking association, Federal Reserve Bank, or Federal Reserve System, with intent to render such item(s) unfit to be reissued, shall be fined not more than $100 or imprisoned not more than six months, or both. \n\nDefacement of currency in such a way that it is made unfit for circulation comes under the jurisdiction of the United States Secret Service. Their mailing address is:\n\nUnited States Secret Service\n950 H Street, NW\nWashington, DC 20223. \n\nNEVERTHELESS, you can get away with writing a little bit on it.  Checkout this great website: www.wheresgeorge.com
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When banks receive money that have been "outdated" they ship it to the Federal Reserve. The amount of which they send to the Federal Reserve, will be shipped to them inturn. The Federal Reserve burns the outdated money to get rid of it. They then print "new money" which all it is, is replacement money with new dates, and that money gets sent to the bank. Money or "Federal Reserve Notes" are only good for a certain amount of years, I think its seven. When that experation date occurs, thats when this all takes place. Banks are also only allowed to have so much money in the bank at any given time, when the bank gets below that mark the Federal Reserve then sends there money back to them, new currency of course, because they would have destroyed any of the old currency they got from the bank. Thats why if you ever pay attention to the dates on them, u will hardly every see anymoney that is older than 1995.
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Me 2 What star said is correct!! We are on a slippery slope ! The government has been keeping track of us for a long time!Now they track our money [debit cards, credit cards] there is so little cash used these days they can and do track it also. Our phones our computers stroke for stroke!
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In the usa currencies are no longer backed by gold, it ended in the 1930's or 1960's i think.  It is now backed by the good faith of the usa government. Printing too much money would cause inflation for what one pays for good or services.\nThink of money like barry bonds rookie card.  If someone started dropping them from planes and passing them out at walmarts until everyone has one the value of the card would deflate because of supply and demand, now, imagine i want you to plow my driveway, are you gonna do it for a barry bonds rookie card knowing that everyone in the country has one. The world bank sets the amount, along with federal reserve and treasury department.
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I feel that the US media is not only dishonest, but is the main reason for the level of ignorance displayed by Americans with regards to other nations. \n\nOne guy I spoke to while there didn't realise that other countries had other currencies \n\n"Doesn't everyone use dollars maaaaaan?"
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Here's a link to the Department Of Treasury's Bureau Of Engraving and Printing, the agency responsible for currency:
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Your boss is an idiot. Canadian currency isn't worth as much as American currency (though the Canadian-American exchange rate now is significantly better than it used to be).  Whenever your boss accepts Canadian money in place of American currency he is losing money... unless he's taking into account the current exchange rate.
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The euro (symbol: €; banking code: EUR) is the official currency of the European Union and single currency for over 300 million Europeans in the following twelve European Union member states: Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal and Spain; collectively also known as the eurozone.\n\nThe euro was introduced to world financial markets in 1999 and launched as a currency in 2002. All EU member states are eligible to join if they comply to certain monetary requirements.
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Hello: I already sent you the money, I paid you this money from my paypal address, I didn't buy that coin it was my partner and I made the payment, he was the one that bounced (booted, kicked out, threw out, rejected) you, not me.  I pay for the purchases since he does not have a paypal account.  Cheers.\n\nNote: moneda can refer to both currency and an actual coin.  I'm guessing that this was regarding the sale of a coin, and that's why I've translated moneda as coin in one place and money in another.  Am I right in my assumption?
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None really. In theory there is some gold in Fort Knox and every time money is printed it's secured by the gold. In truth, the treasury can do whatever they want. They have a theoretical endless amount of money. Of course, if they print/use too much money - they'll cause inflation that that in turn will lower the purchasing power of that money so the government should be cautious about that.