QuidBits: The Biggest Gold Coin in the World

QuidBits: The Biggest Gold Coin in the World

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...
Quidbit: Bottle Cap Currency

Quidbit: Bottle Cap Currency

Human ingenuity knows no bounds. The same could be said for the human love of beer, although of course we would never encourage such a practice. In 2005, the African country of Cameroon experienced an unusual currency situation. A local brewery started to print prize...
QuidBits: Stone Money

QuidBits: Stone Money

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...
Quidbits: Salt Salaries

Quidbits: Salt Salaries

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...
QuidBits: Canada’s Plastic Money

QuidBits: Canada’s Plastic Money

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...