Paper money
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Kublai Khan dealt in paper money rather than gold. (TV: Marco Polo)
In England, paper bank-notes were issued by the Bank of England. The Third Doctor carried a bank-note with the image of Queen Elizabeth II. (COMIC: Backtime) In a parallel universe, the image of King Edward IX five pound note in the 1970s. (COMIC: Who's Who?)