History and Pictures Of MoneyMoney doesn’t necessarily need to be made of paper or metal to be real money. Here you'll find a little bit on its history, also some pictures of money.
When there was no cash, people used other objects that are easier to find as payment.
In the early days goods and services were exchanged as needed. For example, if someone had fish to share and another person had fruits, they exchanged the spare fish and fruits. The livestock, mostly cattle, was the most used, had advantages of moving itself, reproduction and other services, although had some risks (disease and death.)
The salt was another currency-commodity difficult to obtain, especially in the rural areas. It was widely used in the conservation of food. Both left mark on your role as an instrument of change in our vocabulary because the word capital comes from the Latin caput (head), because it was used to mean how many "head" of cattle a wealthy person owned. In fact, the words "capital" and "cattle" both come from caput.
But sometimes the trade wasn’t so easy. A person could not have anything that interested the other, or it was difficult to agree on how much things worth. So the need to give specific value to items was created.
Because of its rarity, beauty, easy storage, divisibility and transport, the METAL was chosen as the primary standard of value.
In the beginning, in its natural state, then in the form of bars and objects such as rings, bracelets etc.
THE INVENTORS OF MONEY
Archaeological findings indicate that the coins appeared almost 4 thousand years ago (2,500 BC), which makes the money almost as old as the pyramids of Egypt.
The first forms of money appeared for the first time in the kingdom of Lydia (a Greek city-state in the 7th century B.C.) but vanished after the end of the Roman Empire. Then, in the Middle Ages land became the most valuable thing. People only produce what they needed, and the goods exchange has taken the place of cash again.
Lydians loved gambling and also invented the game of DICE.
The first Roman coin was issued in 268 BC, it was made of silver and served as the basis of their currency system.
Strange forms of money of the past and today.
For many years gold was used as the universal currency of exchange. But the governments had difficulty in controlling the economy of their country, so a corresponding figure in paper money was created.
Today, credit cards are the most advanced form of money. This "plastic money" allows purchases to be made in thousands of businesses around the world, linked by sophisticated electronic system.
The concept came before the First World War, but the first card would only be launched in 1951. A bank in New York has launched a card only for customers with approved credit and it has became the most modern, safe and practical form of payment.
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Similarly, the word salary (pay, usually in cash, payable by the employer in the face of the service of the employee) originated by the use of salt, in Rome, for the payment of services rendered.
Soon after discovering the metal, man started using it to make tools and weapons that were previously made of stone.
It was exchanged under the most diverse forms.
The Lydians invented the modern currency of weights, sizes and different values. Lydian coins were actually bean-shaped lumps made from a mixture of gold and silver. Each piece of metal had a value that corresponded to a particular product.
Between 640 and 630 BC, the coins will be identified by images, as the currencies today. By minting thousands of coins, the Lydians created a very rich economy and made fortunes in those times.
