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While some people are starting to think seriously about the idea of a single currency for the whole world, it seems that a small group of earthlings are looking slightly further afield when it comes to creating a whole new currency.

There is an 8-letter word that can strike fear into the hearts of even the sternest of souls.

You might already be aware that Americans have a bit of an aversion against the single dollar coin, preferring the ‘single’ or the ‘greenback’ banknote instead.

Globally we are in an age which is driven by technology and one in which people tend to think that whatever the problem is, there will be a way around it.

Most of us will only ever work in our own country, but the idea of working abroad is one that appeals to a lot of people for very different reasons.

OPEC is the association of oil-producing countries and it is currently made up of Iraq, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Venezuela, Libya, Qatar, Indonesia, Algeria, Ecuador, Nigeria and Angola.

Certain periods of history always tend to grab our attention more than others. One good example of this is the time of the Romans, and more specifically the Roman Empire.

If a bank has been around for a couple of hundred years you would expect it to be a pretty safe organisation.

Some people would say the fact that we put such value on banknotes which are essentially worthless is a pretty strange thing to do, but there are even stranger facts and quirky things we do with currency which say a lot about the kind of people we are.

If you know anything at all about American currency, you’ll probably have heard that the Americans are not the most ardent fans of the dollar coin.