Money

The Euro

1999 BCE

The euro (EUR or €) is the currency used by the institutions of the European Union (EU), as well as the official currency of the eurozone, made up of 20 of the 27 EU member states: Germany, Austria, Belgium, Cyprus , Croatia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Estonia, Finland, France, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands and Portugal.

Digital money

1995 BCE

Electronic money (also known as e-money, electronic cash, electronic currency, digital money, digital cash or digital currency) refers to money that is either issued electronically, through the use of a computer network , Internet, or it is an equivalent digital means of payment of a certain currency,1​ as in the case of Ecuador2​ or Peru3​ Electronic funds transfers, direct deposits and bank drafts are examples of electronic money.

Papaer money

1974 BCE

Was first used in the 11th century by the Mongolian Emperor,
Kubla Khan, in China. European banknotes appeared in 1661 and were issued in Stockholm, Sweden. Paper money is a country's official, paper currency that is circulated for the transactions involved in acquiring goods and services.
The printing of paper money is typically regulated by a country's central bank or treasury in order to keep the flow of funds in line with monetary policy.

Credit cards

1950 BCE

The credit card is a material bank identification instrument, which can be a plastic card with a magnetic stripe, a microchip and an embossed number. It is issued by a bank or financial entity that authorizes the person in whose favor it is issued to use it as a means of payment in businesses adhering to the system, by signing and displaying the card.

Cash registers

1879 BCE

A cash register is a unit, mechanical or electronic, designed to perform the calculation and billing of a customer's purchase. These devices have an integrated drawer to store money and usually when closed, the commercial transaction is terminated.

Cheques

1659 BCE

A check is an accounting document that is a payment right in which the person who is authorized to withdraw money from an account, extends to another person an authorization to withdraw a certain amount of money from his account, which is expressed in the document, regardless of the presence of the bank account holder.

Cowry shells

1200 BCE

Long before our era the cowry shell was used as a means of payment and regarded as a symbol of wealth and power. This monetary usage continued until the 20th century.

Coin Money

680 BCE

Were made in Lydia, they created the lydians in present day Turkey, in the 7th century BC .
The first coins found were in modern-day Turkey. The Oldest Coin in the World.
Created over 2,700 years ago, but now located in the British Museum, is the Lydian Lion, the oldest coin in the world.