Barter system was used before coins.It means exchange of goods.Before that dry fish, cocoa and like it many others were used.
Coins have been used for thousands of years. The first British coins that are still currently in circulation are the 1 Penny and 2 Pence coins.
United states
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Silver and gold were the materials of the first coins produced - they have been used as such for several thousand years.
Greek coins were used for $money$. That was the purpose of coins.
The Ancient Chinese were the first to use coins.
the earliest artifact examples indicate using copper for coins
Coins
Coins have been used in North America ever since European explorers first settled the continent. If the question is supposed to be about when the US started making its own coins, then the answer is 1793.
Cowry shells were the first known currency of China
Lydia (present day turkey) under the king Kroisos.
I believe that the first ones were the Seated Liberty variety Half Dollar and Dollar coins of 1866.A check of any major coin database shows that the motto was first used on the 2¢ piece beginning in 1864.NEVER!!!! The motto is "IN GOD WE TRUST" It was first used on the 1864 U.S. Two-Cent Piece.