Journey through a Kiosk Bank
Poster
2013
English
B2-S20
Money origami rhinoceros
Folded US One Dollar Note
Purchased on Etsy from VincentTheArtist
2012
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Money origami elephant
Folded US One Dollar Note
Purchased on Etsy from VincentTheArtist
2012
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"Real Money," shredded American bills
This is a bag of shredded money from the Federal Reserve. It was given to Bill Maurer by Ellen Fiengold, curator of the National Numismatic Collection at Smithsonian Institution on the occasion of the opening of the Value of Money exhibit. July 2015.
Smithsonian Institution
IMTFI
June 2009
Smithsonian Institution
English
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Photo print, Afghanistan project
This is a photograph from IMTFI researcher Jan Chipchase's project on Emerging Mobile Money Practices in Afghanistan. Read more about the project here: http://www.imtfi.uci.edu/research/2010/chipchase.php
Photo print
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IFMR, "Risks of Saving With Informal Institutions" Comic
This is a comic book made to promote financial literacy by IFMR in Chennai, India. It details the risks of dealing with informal money lenders. Read more about their work on the IMTFI blog: http://blog.imtfi.uci.edu/2015/10/revisiting-imtfi-researchers-in-bihar.html
Comic pamphlet
Vanya Mehta, Deepti KC, Mudita Tiwari. IFMR, Chennai, India.
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SpongeBob Comics, "Heads and Tails"
Comic book
B3-S03
"History of Central Banking," The Federal Reserve System
B3-S02
Materials from USC Exhibition TRILLIONS
Promotional Materials for Exhibiton
These are flyers and photographs from the exhibition "Trillion$", held to commemorate the Federal Reserve's Centennial year in 2013. Here is the link to some of the exhibition materials still available in the USC library: http://libguides.usc.edu/c.php?g=235191&p=1560655
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Nigerian Clay Money Box
From the British Museum Website:
LOCAL CASH BOXThis is one of the commonest and most ancient objects used to store/save valuables such as coins, paper money (currencies) and jewelleries, especially among the Yoruba people of the South West region of Nigeria who call it a 'Kolo'.The local cash box is made from granulated sun-dried clayey soils. The soil is properly grinded and mixed with water. The mixture is then turned several times in order to make it sticky and easy to be moulded into shapes. The wet clayey soils are then moulded into a round shape and a small rectangular slit is created on the box. The moulded box is later sun-dried or occasionally heated by fire after moulding or by being inserted into a locally made oven/furnace. The essence of heating the box in a furnace is to enhance its firmness or shelf life. The box may be coated or painted using diverse colours to make it more attractive and enhance its marketability. Meanwhile, the slit on the box is where the valuables (coins, paper money, jewelleries etc) are inserted into the box for safekeeping. When it is time for the valuables kept inside the box to be removed and used, the box is smashed by hitting it on a hard surface and the valuables inside are evacuated.
Find out more here:http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=3439603&partId=1
Donated by IMTFI researcher Dr. Isaac Oluwatayo
Donated in 2010
Find out more about Dr. Isaac Oluwatayo's IMTFI project, "Small Ruminants as a Source of Financial Security: A Case Study of Women in Rural Southwest Nigeria", here: http://www.imtfi.uci.edu/files/blog_working_papers/2012-2_oluwatayo.pdf
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