The Invention of Money

by Nicolas Brasch and Nicholas Brasch

Book Overview

People in Asia Minor developed the first coin-based currency, but long before that humans would exchange precious objects for the things necessary for their daily life. Currency is a fact of human life, and this book explores its genesis, beginning with those early coins and precious objects and tracing their legacy to the banknotes and fraud-detecting devices of the twenty-first century. Photographs and illustrations explore the remarkable diversity...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1477715088
• ISBN13: 9781477715086
• Release Date: July 2013
• Publisher: PowerKids Press
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 6.8" x 8.4"
• Age Range: 8 to 11 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 6