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    The Lydians Use Of Money

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    The first use of money was processed in 700 B.C. The Lydians were the very first culture to value a specific material and call it a “coin.” Soon after the Lydians invented what we know as money, other cultures around the world began to mint their own coins with certain values. The whole world eventually heard about this new creation. It was easier to trade goods, get items, and it brought people into thought of making businesses. According to the Dictionary, money is “the assets, property, and…

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    of propaganda, or simply as a means of documentation. In the Roman Republic, coinage served as goods themselves, in a system of bartering, not like money used in modern times. Early Roman coins were stamped on the obverse only, serving as a display of the person or city responsible for the minting of each coin. The reverse was introduced as a means of distinguishing each denomination, to indicate the mint or mint-master, or to commemorate an event or personal achievement. Coinage in Rome…

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    To what face, lays in between the leathery strips of a wallets. That cotton fiber paper that possess an image of a founding father. If one is lucky enough to hold this paper currency, that individual is capable of looking back hundreds of years; reveling history. For the average paper currency withholds an image of a former individual who risked blood, sweat, and tears, for citizens of America to live in a democratic country. The Argument is made that one unlucky political figure shall be…

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    Australian Coin History

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    Mint Coins, look in your pockets, in your wallet. Do you know where they came from how they were made. Well the answer to that lies at the mint within the walls under the roof. There are many assets of the mint but first the history of the mint and Australian coins. 1800 First came the proclamation coins caused by Governor King fixing the price of all foreign coins brought into Australia. 1813 40,000 round holes where punched out of Spanish dollars order by Governor Macquarie. These coins…

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    Dollar Coin History

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    In the twenty-first century, many of us think of money as paper or even as bytes of data to be exchanged electronically. But coins were the commonest medium for money in the past and continue to be in much of the world today. Even the United States has re-introduced a dollar coin. At the start of the Republic, Romans were still using the barter system, and cattle -- pecus -- were the standard of exchange. In fact, it was from pecus that the Latin word for money, pecunia, was derived. Eventually…

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    Exchange In Ancient China

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    Throughout the Chinese history, century after century, led to the age of today’s currency. By this revolutionizing idea all from China, economy is still based on using coins and paper money. The first form of currency that was used under the Shang dynasty was the cowrie shells that were mainly used among trade along the Silk Road to other regions. Around the 1800 BC time period, this way of exchange was the main economical method through the Chinese. These shells had carving marks in them that…

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    The Two Faces of a Political Coin A society depends greatly on the person who is leading it. If a leader is just and morally sound, his/her society prospers and flourishes. However, if a leader is corrupt and abuses his/her power, the society inevitably falls into turmoil and disaster. Suzanne Collins represents this through Katniss Everdeen, as she demonstrates through Katniss’s inner thoughts why President Alma Coin is eliminated and not given the chance to become leader of Panem. In…

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    Penny Argumentative Essay

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    The one-cent coin was the first piece of currency authorized by the United States government in 1793. Also included was the half-cent, dime and quarter-dollar. Today, one will probably not recognize the name or face of the half-cent. This is because it was discontinued in 1857 due to its lack of value and failure to facilitate trade. In recent years, the penny has taken to many of the same effects the half-cent had in the mid-1800’s. The penny has lost its value in the functioning economy and…

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    Counterfeiting In America

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    Since the beginning of civilization and the start of a national currency, there has been counterfeiting. Nowadays paying in cash is an afterthought that U.S. citizens take for granted neither the customer or the clerk give more than a courtesy glance. This is because both people believe that bill is genuine. However this was not always the case. In the beginning of the United States of America, many people did not trust the money they received nor did they trust their government that was made by…

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    of weight it later evolved to silver, bronze, and copper. The first real modern form of money was first introduced around 1000 bc-600 bc by the Lydians in west Asia minor by making coins out of metal, gold, and silver in exchange of goods and services called crude metal coins. Then around 700 bc precious metal coins were created in turkey to stamped to profile the empires, gods, it was made out of gold and silver. Around 118 bc…

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