The History Of Currency

Currency is a medium of exchange for goods and services. We use currency everyday to buy the things we want. It's been around for thousands of years, so how did it start? Today on Feed My Curiosity, we look at the history of currency. What was the first form of currency? What were the earliest coins and bills like? Watch now to find out!

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[killerkilleryt]

Thanks your video give more information in my knowledge

[Eykk]

There are also the checks 😊 It's not really used everywhere, but it is quite popular in France for example. If I remember correctly, it was created in England in the early 1700's, because the English National Bank had a monopoly on banknotes, so the banks had to create something to be able to make money circulate anyway. But it wasn't such a new idea, before that the Greeks invented the "payments letters" (not sure about the name in English haha), it was a way for people to travel without having to carry money/gold with them. They would "just" wrote a letter with the amount of money they owned and to whom and voilà!
Anyway it's funny to see that, checks are really popular in some countries and are absolutely not used/trusted in other. This kind of currency was used in several times during History, especially by rich travelers.

Thanks for the video! ☀️

[davidevans]

Picture everyone working earning at the same rate in TIME. The math would BLOW YOUR MIND how inexpensive life becomes.

[konkaninator]

This is good. I heard it from school my teacher told me to watch it

[pabillidge]

I wonder how were the exchange between ancient currencies, about equivalent value. it looks like that's a modern thing, but I'm probably wrong. So that's what I want to know XD

[ranchlord]

Like the info but I really don’t like the voice or music… too distracting