TOP-5 World’s Most Unique Money

Igor Chekun
Golden Currency
Published in
3 min readJul 11, 2019

Golden Currency ranked the most unique currencies that existed or still exist. Many countries develop their money, and every year new currency ideas come into the world.

#5 Zimbabwe dollars (banknote with the most zeroes)

The Zimbabwean inflationary economy resulted in issue of 100-trillion-dollar banknotes in 2009. Yet, ay some point such a bill couldn’t buy a bus yicket.

Zimbabwe 100-trillion-dollar banknote

#4 Philippine peso (largest banknote)

The 100,000-peso banknote, measuring 356 x 216 mm, is the world’s largest legal tender note in terms of size. 1,000 pieces were issued in 1998. In an attempt to prevent counterfeiting, the note utilizes 21 security features, including a hologram.

Philippine 100,000-peso banknote

#3 Ithaca Hours (local currency, worth the equivalent of 1 hour work)

The Ithaca HOUR is a local currency used in Ithaca, New York and is the oldest and largest local currency system in the United States that is still operating. One of the primary functions of the Ithaca Hours system is to promote local economic development. Businesses who receive Hours must spend them on local goods and services, thus building a network of inter-supporting local businesses.

Ithaca Hours 1 HOUR note

#2 German notgeld (wooden bills)

During the recovery period after World War I Germany printed currency on everything from wood (like the bill below) to playing cards. Such money was called notgeld (German for “emergency money” or “necessity money”), and refers to money issued by an institution in a time of economic or political crisis.

20 heller wooden bill

#1 Golden (global private money backed by gold)

Golden (https://goldencurrency.money) is private money, which is the only money in the world now backed by gold. Each golden is backed by 0.025 grams of pure 999.9 gold in secure vaults. Golden is available in paper and blockchain form.

1 golden banknote

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Igor Chekun
Golden Currency

CEO, Founder Golden Currency. Find me in Telegram: @checkoun