And as far back as 12th century China, some governments decided they could just declare certain pieces of paper were worth something, even without shiny, valuable objects in a vault somewhere to back them up.
早在 12 世纪的中国,一些政府就决定他们可以只宣布某些纸片有价值,即使某处的保险
中没有闪亮的贵重物品来支持
们。