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Currency is a common means of trade for goods and services in an economy that is thought to have been in use for at least 3,000 years. Bartering, which is the exchanging of goods and services without the use of Currency, was most likely used prior to this. Currency has taken many different forms throughout history. Coins, barley, gold, silver, squirrel pelts, eight-ton carved limestone rocks, salt, knives, cowrie shells, stamps, potato mashers, peppercorn, tea bricks, and cheese are only a few examples.

Anything that a community of people in an economy values can be used as Currency, as history has proven. King Alyattes of Lydia in modern-day Turkey minted the first "official" currency in the seventh century BC. Lydian currency took the shape of a circular coin for practical purposes, and it became the first ever uniform unit of currency. Paper Currency, on the other hand, was invented in Asia and brought to Europe by Marco Polo following his travels there.

Modern Currency is much more standardised and supervised. The majority of a person's currency is usually held in digital accounts, but major currencies in the world today take the physical form of paper bills or coins that are easily carried on a person. These currencies are fiat Currency because their value is backed by the pledge of their issuing governments (currency declared by the government to be an official medium of payment but is not backed by a physical commodity). Prior to the invention of fiat Currency, most currencies were backed by a commodity such as gold or silver.
Although coins and paper bills serve as physical representations of modern Currency, the majority of large-scale currency transactions are conducted electronically. To swap currencies between digital accounts rather than physically, modern technology employs sophisticated currency exchange mechanisms and systems. Due to the and prevalence of debit cards, credit cards, and mobile payments, even the exchange of currency for daily products and services such as groceries or haircuts is becoming less and less reliant on physical currencies.

Different countries' currencies are seldom, if ever, exactly the same in value. As a result, exchange rates (the rate at which one currency is exchanged for another) exist to ensure that all currencies are treated equally. The foreign exchange market (forex) provides real-time exchange rates, and is also where most currency transactions take place. The forex market is a decentralised, multinational over-the-counter market for currency trading. Trillions of dollars (US) worth of currencies is exchanged every day. Exchange rates change every second on the market, which operates at high speeds.

Thousands of different factors can affect exchange rates in the real world, including the following:

1. Differences in inflation— From the perspective of foreign currency trade, the currency of a low-inflation economy will usually appreciate in value as purchasing power rises. In certain cases, a currency from a higher-inflation economy would depreciate against a currency from a lower-inflation economy.
2. Interest rate differentials— interest rates may influence currency demand as well as an economy's inflation rate, causing exchange rates to rise or fall.
3. Trade Deficits— A trade deficit occurs when a country spends more than it earns by international trade (goods, services, interest, dividends, and so on). To put it another way, it needs more foreign currency than it receives from exports, and it supplies more of its own currency than foreigners demand for its goods.
4. Economic performance— The exchange rate of a country's currency is determined by its economic performance. Strong economies are normally a good option as global capital is looking for the best way to make a profit. As a result, an influx of capital into a particular economy would boost the currency's purchasing power.