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Uncommon card · Science
Hard currency, an Uncommon card
In macroeconomics, hard currency, sound money, safe-haven currency, or strong currency is any globally traded currency that serves as a reliable and stable store of value.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 64
- DEF
- 35
- Power
- 99
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 27,000
Power 99 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 40 % of WikiCards cards.
Hard currency quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Hard currency card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Conversely, a weak or soft currency is one which is expected to fluctuate erratically or ______ against other currencies.
Answer
depreciate. Conversely, a weak or soft currency is one which is expected to fluctuate erratically or depreciate against other currencies. From the Hard currency article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Patricia Tarabini. Patricia Tarabini 68 · Hard currency 64 · Wubbo Ockels 58 · Pioneer program 55 ATK in WikiCards.
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.
- Factors contributing to a currency's hard status might include its historical use as a money, or if it is a fiat currency, the stability and reliability of the respective state's legal and bureaucratic institutions, level of corruption, long-term stability of its purchasing power, the associated country's political and fiscal condition and outlook, and the policy posture of the issuing central…
- Safe haven currency is defined as a currency which behaves like a hedge for a reference portfolio of risky assets conditional on movements in global risk aversion.
- Conversely, a weak or soft currency is one which is expected to fluctuate erratically or depreciate against other currencies.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Hard currency article was read about 27,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 64 and blocks with 35: each hit it takes is cut by 14 %.
How to get Hard currency
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, Hard currency (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Eucratides I / BnF, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
