Euro coins and bank notes

In a 1786 James Gillray caricature, the plentiful money bags handed to King George III are contrasted with the beggar whose legs and arms were amputated, in the left corner

Money, also sometimes called currency, can be defined as anything that people use go and to buy goods and services. Money is what many people receive for selling their own things or services.

There are lots of different kinds of money in the world. Most countries have their own kind of money, such as the United States dollar or the British pound.