BR 2-08: The History of Money

"I was very impressed the history of money." (Brasch, 2007, p.4 and p.8).

This story is non-fiction. Why I choose this book? Because I have an interested in this book when I saw this book cover and title. We always using "money". But I don't know how history of money. So I want to know the money of history.

After I have finished this book, I was very surprised that a lot of things about before there was money. (Brasch, 2007, p.4) A long time ago, before there was money, people bartered with one another. I thought very surprised and wonder about that things. This means they swapped one type of good for another. For example, a person might swap a pig for a goat. It maybe that pig or goat are same worth of money!! I was really surprised. And I was very surprised again.

(Brasch, 2007, p.8) Today, money comes in coins and notes. But people have used different things for money. Communities have used whatever they could find as money, like shells and feathers. I have heard that things used shells and fearhers as money when I was a student of high school student. I have learned that things in the history class. But I did not know that know about very well. I felt happy I can know about the money of history. I think that I have to take care of money. Money is very important for us.


Brasch, Nicolas. (2007). The History of Money. South Melbourne Australia: Nelson Australia Pty Ltd.

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