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2500 BCE
Ancient Egypt
They were making metal rings which some historians think they used as money -
1100 BCE
China
Exchanging objects like tools and weapons -
Period: 700 BCE to 600 BCE
Lydia (new Western Turkey)
The first coins were made there -
Period: 700 BCE to 600 BCE
China
The first paper money was being used -
Period: 700 BCE to 600 BCE
King Croesus
The first known gold coin was minted by Lydia King Croesus -
Period: 700 BCE to 600 BCE
Discs of electrum
A natural mix of silver and gold -
Europe
Europeans were using more and more metal coins, made with metal taken from their colonies overseas -
Canadian colonies
They began to use paper money -
Pieces of Eight
A pirate walked into your shop he might try to pay in pieces of eight -
Spain
Bits, an English term for a small coin and was still used until very recently -
UK
end of the threepenny bit -
Credits and debits cards
In the modern world many people use plastic cards called debits cards to pay for things. They also used money the don't habe yet by paying with credit cards.
