From Barter to the First Coins
Cowrie shells, salt and electrum coins: trace the very first ways people paid
What this quiz asks
- 1What exactly is barter?
- 2Which shell circulated as money from Africa to Asia?
- 3In which ancient kingdom were the first coins struck?
- 4What metal were the first Lydian coins made of?
- 5"Rich as Croesus": who was this Croesus?
- 6Which precious commodity is the word "salary" tied to?
- 7Which animal adorns the silver coins of Athens?
- 8Which people first invented paper money?
- 9On the island of Yap, in the Pacific, what did the money look like?
- 10In Mesopotamia, what did the "shekel" first mean?
