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In colonial New France, in what year did officials first create 'playing card money' from cut-up playing cards?

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1661

In what year did Sweden's Bank of Stockholm issue the first regular paper money in the Western world?

Sweden pioneered Western paper currency in 1661, though the experiment later collapsed.

Source: Wikipedia: Fiat money (2025) en.wikipedia.org

10th century

China's Song dynasty issued 'jiaozi,' one of the earliest known paper currencies, around which century?

Chinese paper currency predates Western paper money by hundreds of years.

Source: Wikipedia: Fiat money (2025) en.wikipedia.org

13th century

Under Kublai Khan, the Yuan dynasty's 'jiaochao' paper currency was dominant in which century?

The Yuan dynasty ran one of history's earliest large-scale paper-money economies.

Source: Wikipedia: Fiat money (2025) en.wikipedia.org

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