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Evolution of Money From Barter to the First Dollar
A Nat Geo prepared piece traces money’s rise from barter and cowry to copper and silver coins, and the first dollar coined at Joachimsthal in 1516. It notes copper pots as early money, the obolus, Roman coinage, Charlemagne’s silver standard, and the English pound, shilling, and the dollar’s linguistic roots.
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National Geographic Society
Washington, D. C
Thiopia
Abyssinia
Maria Theresa Thalers
Austria
National Bank of Egypt
Addis Ababa
Ethiopia
Near East
Cyprus
Mediterranean
Italy
Rome
Spain
Charlemagne
France
England
North
Caesar
Columbus
Europe
West
Count of
Schlick
St. Joachimsthal
Joachim's Dale
Bohemia
St. Joachim
Germany
Netherlands
Ngland
Sehlick