the barter s ystem after that
The Lydians were the first people to develop a money economy.
Metal objects have been used as money dating back as far as 5,000 BC. The Lydians were the first people in the western world to use coins from about 700 BC. The Chinese are known to have used paper money from about 960 AD.
Metals objects were introduced as money around 5000 B.C. By 700 BC, the Lydians became the first in the Western world to make coinsThe Native Americans were the first people to use money as currency. They used wampum. Wampum was used to trade also. Wampum was made out of beads.The first people thought to use coin money were the Lydians. Prior to this, many cultures used barter systems, or shell money - seashells instead of paper/coin money.Egyptians
First created and used by the Chinese
This is when paper money first became popular. It was actually in 806 AD that paper money was used. The Chinese were the first ones to give bank slips and paper money under the T'ang dynasty. It was later abandoned in 1455 in China only to be reinstated in the 1800s.
The first currency was used in Ancient Greece by the Greeks.
The first users of paper money where in China
People have been using "money" since the first civilazation. (Mesopotamia.) What currency of money are you looking for?
in ancient times
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