by admin | Mar 10, 2020 | Blog, Money, Quidbits
The Perth Mint has been releasing “kangaroo coins” since 1989. No, they don’t have pouches on them, or even come with pouches to carry them in, but the do have an image of a kangaroo on one side. The other side has the image of Queen Elizabeth. So what’s the big...
by admin | Feb 14, 2020 | Ancient, Blog, Money, Quidbits
Most of the time, coins are little bits of metal jangling round at the bottom of your pockets, or something you find when you’re cleaning out the couch cushions. Their small size makes them easy to lose, but their typically low value means that it’s generally not a...
by | Feb 2, 2020 | Blog, Money, Quidbits
Salt has been prized for millennia, and not just because it can make food tastier. In small quantities, salt is an essential part of the human diet. It has also been used to preserve many different kinds of food for long term storage, but there’s one really...
by admin | Jan 30, 2020 | Banking, Blog, Money, Quidbits
If you were to try to print money out of your printer, would it work? Maybe once, but today? OK, stop. First off, Biz Life does not condone illegal actions of any kind! And it wouldn’t work anyway, so just don’t do it. Most “paper” money is printed on a combination...
by admin | Jan 20, 2020 | Ancient, Blog, Money
In ancient China, people first used cowry shells as currency, but around 200 BCE, Qin Dynasty Emperor Shihuangdi standardized money to help make trading easier. He introduced the ban liang, which had a standard weight in the form of a round disc with a square hole....
