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From a Smuggling Item to a Propaganda Tool: Historical Insights into the Circulation of Russian Imperial Currency in Mongolia, Nineteenth to Early Twentieth Centuries

open access: yesOriental Studies
Introduction. The article examines the circulation of Imperial Russia’s currency in Mongolia’s domestic markets during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Goals.
Anna M. Plekhanova   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

How and Why EU Institutions Promote the Digital Euro: The Politics of a Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC)

open access: yesJCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies, EarlyView.
Abstract The future of money is a crucial issue in the digital age, and the emergence of central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) is widely recognised as a transformative development. However, despite its significant implications for monetary sovereignty, regulatory governance and strategic autonomy, we know relatively little about the political ...
Sebastian Heidebrecht
wiley   +1 more source

Initial Conditions and the ‘Open Systems’ Argument against Laws of Nature [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
This article attacks “open systems” arguments that because constant conjunctions are not generally observed in the real world of open systems we should be highly skeptical that universal laws exist.
Ballinger, Clint
core   +2 more sources

Best Before? Expiring Central Bank Digital Currency and Loss Recovery

open access: yesJournal of Money, Credit and Banking, EarlyView.
Abstract Physical cash enables payments in the absence of electricity or network coverage. Such offline payment functionality promotes the operational resilience and, particularly in developing countries, the accessibility of payments. Central banks are exploring issuing digital cash substitutes with similar offline payment functionality.
CHARLES M. KAHN   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

FinTech Lending and Cashless Payments

open access: yesThe Journal of Finance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Borrowers' use of cashless payments improves their access to capital from FinTech lenders and predicts a lower probability of default. These relationships are stronger for cashless technologies providing more precise information, and for outflows. Cashless payment usage complements other signals of borrower quality.
PULAK GHOSH, BORIS VALLEE, YAO ZENG
wiley   +1 more source

The 10-dinar banknote: The last banknote of the Kingdom of SCS and the first banknote of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia [PDF]

open access: yesBankarstvo, 2019
The last issued banknote of the Kingdom of SCS is the 10-dinar one, the permanent second edition Type 1 banknote. It bears the date 26.5.1926, and it was released into circulation as of 25.7.1928. The same banknote, but dated 1.12.1929, was released into
Pantelić Svetlana
doaj  

50-dinar banknote from 1914: From an ugly duckling to a swan [PDF]

open access: yesBankarstvo, 2016
At the session of the National Bank's Board of Directors, held on 12 December 1914 in Niš, the Governor, Georg Weifert, in his address, gave the consent to issue the new type of a 50-dinar banknote in silver, which had already been sent to the Banque de ...
Pantelić Svetlana
doaj   +1 more source

European Identity and the Euro in Kosovo

open access: yesNations and Nationalism, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT How can nationalist leaders stand for political independence and monetary sovereignty while embracing the use of a supra‐national currency? At first sight, unilateral euroisation—the de facto adoption of the euro instead of a national currency—seems inconsistent with the goals of nationalism and independence.
Nicola Nones
wiley   +1 more source

Deep Learning-Based Detection of Fake Multinational Banknotes in a Cross-Dataset Environment Utilizing Smartphone Cameras for Assisting Visually Impaired Individuals

open access: yesMathematics, 2022
The automatic handling of banknotes can be conducted not only by specialized facilities, such as vending machines, teller machines, and banknote counters, but also by handheld devices, such as smartphones, with the utilization of built-in cameras and ...
Tuyen Danh Pham   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Colonial Bias in AI Training Data: Prompting Sora to Generate Images of Aotearoa New Zealand's Historical Past

open access: yesKōtuitui: New Zealand Journal of Social Sciences Online, Volume 21, Issue 1, March 2026.
This paper examines how generative artificial intelligence (AI) reproduces colonial visual tropes when tasked with representing Aotearoa New Zealand's historical past. Using OpenAI's Sora as a case study, the analysis investigates AI‐generated images prompted to depict (1) precolonial landscapes, (2) first contact between Māori and Europeans, (3 ...
Olli Hellmann
wiley   +1 more source

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