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Besides being the official currency of the world’s largest economy, the US dollar is also the world’s dominant reserve currency and is used in most international transactions. Many currencies around …
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On an average day, an estimated 8 million people fly. Of those millions, a significant portion continue to use the currency exchange booths found at the airport. While some people …
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For just about as long as humanity has existed, so too, in one form or another, has currency. After all, while today the term money is synonymous with coins and …