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1200 BCE
Cowry Shells
Shell money is a medium of exchange similar to coin money and other forms of commodity money, and was once commonly used in many parts of the world. Shell money usually consisted of whole or partial sea shells, often worked into beads or otherwise shaped. -
600 BCE
Coins
A coin is a small, flat, (usually, depending on the country or value) round piece of metal or plastic used primarily as a medium of exchange or legal tender. They are standardized in weight, and produced in large quantities at a mint in order to facilitate trade. -
1000
Paper Money
A banknote (often known as a bill (in the US), paper money, or simply a note) is a type of negotiable promissory note, made by a bank, payable to the bearer on demand. -
Cheques
A cheque, or check (American English; see spelling differences), is a document that orders a bank to pay a specific amount of money from a person's account to the person in whose name the cheque has been issued. -
Cash Registers
A cash register or till is a mechanical or electronic device for registering and calculating transactions at a point of sale. It is usually attached to a drawer for storing cash and other valuables. -
Credit Cards
A credit card is a payment card issued to users (cardholders) to enable the cardholder to pay a merchant for goods and services based on the cardholder's promise to the card issuer to pay them for the amounts plus the other agreed charges. -
Euro
The euro (sign: €; code: EUR) is the official currency of 19 of the 27 member states of the European Union. This group of states is known as the eurozone or euro area, and counts about 343 million citizens as of 2019. -
Digital Money
Digital currency (digital money, electronic money or electronic currency) is a balance or a record stored in a distributed database on the Internet, in an electronic computer database, within digital files or within a stored-value card.