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  2. Bearer instrument - Wikipedia

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    Bearer instrument. A bearer instrument is a document that entitles the holder of the document to rights of ownership or title to the underlying property. In the case of shares ( bearer shares) or bonds ( bearer bonds ), they are called bearer certificates. [1] Unlike normal registered instruments, no record is kept of who owns bearer ...

  3. Negotiable instrument - Wikipedia

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    A negotiable instrument is a document guaranteeing the payment of a specific amount of money, either on demand, or at a set time, whose payer is usually named on the document. More specifically, it is a document contemplated by or consisting of a contract, which promises the payment of money without condition, which may be paid either on demand ...

  4. Bearer bond - Wikipedia

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    A bearer bond or bearer note is a bond or debt security issued by a business entity such as a corporation or a government. As a bearer instrument, it differs from the more common types of investment securities in that it is unregistered—no records are kept of the owner, or the transactions involving ownership. Whoever physically holds the ...

  5. Banknote - Wikipedia

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    Bonds by issuer. Equities (stocks) Investment funds. Structured finance. Derivatives. v. t. e. A banknote —also called a bill ( North American English ), paper money, or simply a note —is a type of negotiable promissory note, made by a bank or other licensed authority, payable to the bearer on demand.

  6. Demand Note - Wikipedia

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    Demand Note. A Demand Note is a type of United States paper money that was issued from August 1861 to April 1862 during the American Civil War in denominations of 5, 10, and 20 US$. Demand Notes were the first issue of paper money by the United States that achieved wide circulation.

  7. Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 - Wikipedia

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    Status: In force (amended) Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 is an act in India dating from the British colonial rule, that is still in force with significant amendments recently. It deals with the law governing the usage of negotiable instruments in India. The word "negotiable" means transferable and an "instrument" is a document giving legal ...

  8. Federal Reserve Note - Wikipedia

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    The paper and the ink alone have no effect on the value of the dollar until post print. These characteristics can be hard to duplicate without the proper equipment and materials. Furthermore, recent redesigns of the $5, $10, $20, and $50 notes have added EURion constellation patterns which can be used by scanning software to recognize banknotes ...

  9. Promissory note - Wikipedia

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    A promissory note, sometimes referred to as a note payable, is a legal instrument (more particularly, a financing instrument and a debt instrument), in which one party (the maker or issuer) promises in writing to pay a determinate sum of money to the other (the payee ), either at a fixed or determinable future time or on demand of the payee ...