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Rare card · History
Fiat money, a Rare card
Fiat money or fiat currency is a type of government-issued currency, generally created by a central bank, authorized by government regulation to be legal tender but not backed by a precious metal, such as gold or silver, nor by any other tangible asset or commodity.
- Rarity
- Rare
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 77
- DEF
- 83
- Power
- 160
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 270,000
Power 160 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 80 % of WikiCards cards.
Fiat money quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Fiat money card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Fiat money generally does not have ______ value nor a use value.
Answer
intrinsic. Fiat money generally does not have intrinsic value nor a use value. From the Fiat money article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
Since the end of the Bretton Woods system in ____ by the Jamaica Accords, all the major government currencies in the world are fiat money.
Answer
1970s. Since the end of the Bretton Woods system in 1976 by the Jamaica Accords, all the major government currencies in the world are fiat money. From the Fiat money article on Wikipedia.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- Since the end of the Bretton Woods system in 1976 by the Jamaica Accords, all the major government currencies in the world are fiat money.
- Fiat money generally does not have intrinsic value nor a use value.
- It has value only because the individuals who use it agree on its value.
Why it is Rare
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Fiat money article was read about 270,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 77 and blocks with 83: each hit it takes is cut by 33 %.
How to get Fiat money
Open packs. Each pack holds five cards drawn from real Wikipedia articles, the rarest last, and the fifth card is always Rare or better. The odds are shown in the game. A free pack arrives every hour and two can wait, and the Coins you win in duels buy more packs.
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Fiat money (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : PHGCOM, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
