"Leper colony money" - money which circulated only in leper colonies due to the fear that money could carry leprosy and infect other people. Oldest coins were made in 1901 for use in three leper colonies of Colombia. Leper colony money is also known to have existed in Philippines, Japan, Malaysia, Brazil, China, Costa Rica, Korea, Nigeria, Thailand, and Venezuela. #history #HomoSapiens #money #economics #Bitcoin #cryptocurrency #finance #world #currencies Source:

Leper colony money - Wikipedia

The stelo ("star") was from 1945 to 1993 a monetary unit of Esperantists, one of whose aims was to achieve a single world currency. Attempts at an earlier currency, the speso, were cut short by the First World War. #economics #money #esperanto #stelo #finance #history #world #FIAT #Bitcoin #crypto #GelatoEconomist #HomoSapiens Source:

Stelo - Wikipedia