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Plastic money refers to credit cards, bank cards, debit cards, etc. In 1887, Edward Bellamy first came up with the idea of plastic money in his novel, Looking Backward. Later on, plastic money began to be used. Charge coins were the first type of plastic money and was used in the late 1800's to the 1930's.

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