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   What is the oldest form of money?

   • Cattle, which throughout history and across the globe have included not only cows but also sheep, camels, and other livestock, are the first and oldest form of money. With the advent of agriculture also came the use of grain and other vegetable or plant products as a standard form of barter in many cultures.

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   How was money invented?

   • Money was invented before written history began. Consequently, any story of how money first developed is mostly based on conjecture and logical inference. A significant amount of evidence establishes that many things were traded in ancient markets that could be described as a medium of exchange.

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   How long has money been a part of human history?

   • Money has been part of human history for at least the past 5,000 years in some form or another. Historians generally agree that a system of bartering was likely used before this time. Bartering involves the direct trade of goods and services. For instance, a farmer may exchange a bushel of wheat for a pair of shoes from a shoemaker.

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   What is the history of currency?

   • Keep reading for a short history of currency. Some of the earliest currencies were objects from nature. A notable example is cowrie shells, first used as money about 1200 BCE. Although they may seem a pretty random choice, the shells had a number of advantages: they were similar in size, small, and durable.

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   The history of money is the development over time of systems for the exchange, storage, and measurement of wealth. Money is a means of fulfilling these functions indirectly and in general rather than directly, as with barter .

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   Learn how money evolved from natural objects to coins, paper, and credit cards. Explore the origins, uses, and challenges of currency across time and cultures.

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   • Why We Need Money. Money talks, but it don’t sing and dance and it don’t walk. – Neil Diamond, “Forever in Blue Jeans” READ MORE: Who Invented Jeans? History of a Closet Staple.
   • The World Before Money: Bartering to Bovines. Where my money at? – Cream, “Money, Money, Money” What was the world like before money came to govern our lives?
   • Small, Shiny Objects. Money doesn’t grow on trees. The old adage is true, but it did once grow in seabeds. Experts believe that the first small, shiny objects that acted as currency weren’t gold or silver coins, they were cowrie shells.
   • The First Gold Coins. Gold can warm your heart. – Scrooge McDuck. In what is now Turkey, King Alyattes of the Kingdom of Lydia is thought to have commissioned the first official currency late in the seventh or early in the sixth century BCE.

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   May 4, 2024 · Money, a commodity accepted by general consent as a medium of economic exchange. It is the medium in which prices and values are expressed; as currency, it circulates anonymously from person to person and country to country, thus facilitating trade, and it is the principal measure of wealth.

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   22 hours ago · Learn how money evolved from a system of bartering to a medium of exchange with a recognized value. Explore the origins and developments of coins, paper currency, and digital currencies across different cultures and eras.

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   Oct 26, 1996 · Learn how money has changed from barter, cattle, and cowrie shells to metal coins, paper notes, and electronic currency over the last 10,000 years. Explore the origins, evolution, and challenges of different forms of money in various cultures and regions.

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   Oct 15, 2021 · The rise of stablecoins, and the government’s response, is the history of money and the future of money playing out in the present: a new monetary technology that brings new benefits, new risks...