THE HISTORY OF MONEY

By Olatz Etxebarria
  • 2500 BCE

    METAL RINGS

    METAL RINGS
  • 2050 BCE

    ANCIENT EGYPT

    ANCIENT EGYPT
  • 1700 BCE

    END OF THE THREEPENNY BIT IN THE UK

    END OF THE THREEPENNY BIT IN THE UK
  • 1100 BCE

    SMALL MODELS OF EVERYDAY OBJETS

    SMALL MODELS OF EVERYDAY OBJETS
    for exaple tools and weapons, using miniature replicas.
  • Period: 700 BCE to May 20, 600

    LYDIA (now Western Turkey)

  • Period: 700 BCE to 600 BCE

    THE FIRST PAPER MONEY

    I
  • Period: 600 BCE to 700 BCE

    KING CROESUS

    The firs known gold coin was minted by him
  • Period: 600 BCE to 700 BCE

    THE FIRST COIN

    The first coin was made of disc of electrum.

  • EUROPE

    EUROPE
    Europeans were using more and more metal taken from their colonies overseas.

  • COINS OF METAL FROM THEIR COLONIES

    COINS OF METAL FROM THEIR COLONIES

  • PAPER MONEY

    PAPER MONEY

  • CANADIAN COLONIES

    CANADIAN COLONIES

  • PIECES OF EIGHT

    PIECES OF EIGHT
    A Spanish eight real coins was often split up into bits to pay for things.

  • CREDIT CARD

    CREDIT CARD

  • DEBIT CARDS

    DEBIT CARDS

  • CREDIT CARDS