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People would trade cattle and other livestock as currency
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The first use of paper currency was in China, and since it worked so well it started to go around worldwide
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the English monarchy introduced an early version of the bill of exchange in the form of a notched piece of wood known as a tally stick.
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Potlach was used by the Native Americans throughout Northern America.
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Before this they had been using Spanish, French, and English currency. Then the Massachussetts Bay Colony issued the colonial notes which was the nation's first paper money.
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The Contintional Currency was used for the Revolutionary War, it was not very strong, so it lost a lot of value.
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This was adopted by congress as the first actual money unit in the United States
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As the mint was established, the federal monetary sytem was etablished.
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Due to the depression, the value of Gold decreased drastically, and was not valued any longer
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In the early 1950's the credit card was introduced world wide
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Today the world is currently using paper money, coins, and debit/credit cards for purchases and transactions
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The world changes over to Bitcoin to make trading, and receieving money a whole lot easier