• Seigniorage /ˈseɪnjərɪdʒ/, also spelled seignorage or seigneurage (from Old French seigneuriage 'right of the lord (seigneur) to mint money'), is the...
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    as off-budget and on-budget receipts. Off-budget receipts consist of seigniorage, the difference between the receipts from the Federal Reserve System...
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  • supply) and others. There is also Wrapped Bitcoin (WBTC), see BitGo. Seigniorage-style coins, also known as algorithmic stablecoins, utilize algorithms...
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    circulation, the Mint used economic models to estimate the additional seigniorage the program would produce. These estimates established a range of $2...
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    noticeable cost to the mint which peaked at more than 2¢, a negative seigniorage, for the $0.01 face-value coin. This pushed the mint to look for alternative...
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    government-owned corporations, sovereign wealth funds, sales of assets, or seigniorage) Government borrowing Money creation How a government chooses to finance...
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    the invention of coinage in that area was to increase the profits from seigniorage by issuing currency with a lower gold content than the commonly circulating...
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    The privilege of minting official coins developed into the concept of seigniorage.[citation needed] In 13th-century Germany, Italy, England, France, and...
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    coin), and the difference in production cost and face value (called seigniorage) helps fund the minting body. Conversely, a U.S. penny ($0.01) cost $0...
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    income, derived from the power to issue currency, is referred to as seigniorage, and usually belongs to the national government. The state-sanctioned...
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    tax, although Georgists endorsed multiple forms of rent capture (e.g. seigniorage) as legitimate. The term Georgism was invented later, and some prefer...
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    of the area around the Traisen and Gölsen rivers. Ottokal exercised seigniorage over the natural resources of his territory, extended his territorial...
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    system Monetary economics Money bag Money management Non-monetary economy Seigniorage Slang terms for money Social capital Universal basic income Velocity...
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    became the King's mistress, and on 20 August 1660 was awarded two pennies seigniorage on every Troy pound of silver minted into coins. As a reward for her...
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    denominations for local conditions, and it also benefited the colony with the seigniorage revenue. However, after World War II many independent countries preferred...
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    coin is lowered in this way, the government profits from an increase in seigniorage. This practice would increase the money supply but at the same time the...
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    conquering foreign markets, the issuing rulers would enjoy extra income from seigniorage (the difference between the value of the coin and the value of the metal...
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  • has also been called a citizens' dividend or a distribution of future seigniorage. The name "helicopter money" was first coined by Milton Friedman in 1969...
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    circulating currencies List of mints List of most expensive coins Mint Money Seigniorage Token coin Ten-cent coin U.S. Currency: Financial Benefit of Switching...
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    coins to the mint for re-minting – see Gresham's law. A revenue, called seigniorage, is made on this minting process. When done by an individual, precious...
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    spread between face value and commodity value when it is minted is called seigniorage. As some coins do not circulate, remaining in the possession of coin...
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    hedge Modern monetary theory Money creation Money supply Network effect Seigniorage Silver coin Silver standard See Monetary economics for further discussion...
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    value higher than its costs, the government gains a profit known as seigniorage. The role of a mint and of coin differs between commodity money and fiat...
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    Despite seigniorage gains traditionally returning to the government, he observes that central banks are transferring more than the total seigniorage gains...
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    were with the State Quarters, which generated about $6.3 billion in seigniorage (i.e., the difference between the face value of the coins and the cost...
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    systems. Preservation of seigniorage income: public digital currency issuance would avoid a predictable reduction of seigniorage income for governments...
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  • circulates internationally originates from bank credit, it provides a seigniorage profit and an interest rent in the country where the money is created...
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    This expenditure can be funded in a number of different ways: Taxation Seigniorage, the benefit from printing money Borrowing money from the population...
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    banknotes List of people on banknotes Money creation Postal currency Seigniorage Trevett v. Weeden United States Note Used note Atack & Passell (1994)...
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    converted precious metals into standard coin for anyone's account with no seigniorage charge beyond the refining costs. Under the Coinage Act of 1873, the...
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