Long ago, people didn’t use coins or paper money, they bartered. That means if you wanted a cow, you might trade your goat for it. But over time, things changed. People used shells, salt, and even clay to pay for goods. Eventually, we got coins and paper money that everyone could use easily.
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- In ancient times, people used shells as money to buy food.
- A farmer might trade a bag of grain for salt or a clay coin.
- Today, you can pay with a phone instead of cash.
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See also
- How Did Money Change Over Time?
- How Did the Idea of ‘Money’ Spread Across Cultures?
- How Did Paper Money Come to Be?
- How Did ‘Money’ Become a Global Standard?
- How Did ‘Coins’ Become a Common Form of Money?
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