Details
PUBLISHED
[United States] : The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc, 2014
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Made available through hoopla
DESCRIPTION
1 online resource
ISBN/ISSN
9781477715154 (electronic bk.) MWT12173291, 1477715150 (electronic bk.) 12173291
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
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 and detail of contemporary currency, while engaging text explores money's utility and places it within a social context
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