Money Through the Ages: A Historic Retrospective - By: Ann Knapp, 2009-02-12

Precious metals, conch shells and bartering have all been utilized by civilizations through the ages in the exchange of services or goods. This early form of money, or proto-money, was used before the invention of real currency. In ancient times, a bag of rice might have been exchanged by someone for a bag of beans.

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