Money, Money, Money!. / Beverly Downing.
by Downing, Beverly; SIRS Publishing, Inc.
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BookSeries: SIRS Enduring Issues 2002Article 32Business. Publisher: History Magazine, 2001ISSN: 1522-3191;.Subject(s): Coins -- History | Money -- History | Paper money -- History | WampumDDC classification: 050 Summary: "Humans first began to use money when their transactions became too complex to be accommodated by the barter system. Overall the barter system worked well enough, but sometimes it was difficult to agree about the different values of the exchange." (HISTORY MAGAZINE) This article recounts how the use of currency began with the use of shells, feathers, eggs, and livestock, and evolved into the modern paper money we currently use.
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Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2002.
Originally Published: Money, Money, Money!, June/July 2001; pp. 34-36.
"Humans first began to use money when their transactions became too complex to be accommodated by the barter system. Overall the barter system worked well enough, but sometimes it was difficult to agree about the different values of the exchange." (HISTORY MAGAZINE) This article recounts how the use of currency began with the use of shells, feathers, eggs, and livestock, and evolved into the modern paper money we currently use.
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