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They were making metal rings which some historians think they used as money
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Exchanging objects like tools and weapons
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The first coins were made there
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The first paper money was being used
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The first known gold coin was minted by Lydia King Croesus
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A natural mix of silver and gold
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Europeans were using more and more metal coins, made with metal taken from their colonies overseas
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They began to use paper money
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A pirate walked into your shop he might try to pay in pieces of eight
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Bits, an English term for a small coin and was still used until very recently
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end of the threepenny bit
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In the modern world many people use plastic cards called debits cards to pay for things. They also used money the don't habe yet by paying with credit cards.
