COINS - WHERE DID THEY COME FROM?

Where Did Coins Come From

Have you even wondered where the use of coins came from? Everytime I get change back I think where will I put this? I laugh at myself because I usually cram it in my small coin pocket on my wallet which causes a big lump. When I get home it immediately goes in our little coin cup for later (whatever that may be).

It is amazing that we don't have to deal with coins directly. With the Internet, online banking, credit cards, most of us do not deal with paper money much anymore. Years and years back people would barter for the items they needed. But to trade, you have to bring something to the table. I don't think I would want to travel around and carry fur pelts with me. Or, maybe knives were you speciality. Silver I know was used a lot. But, maybe you purchased an item and needed cash back? I believe they would just cut off the chunk of silver for you purchase and then you had a remaining piece left. What if you wanted to buy that nice piece of jewelry but you didn't have enough chunk left. I guess you would get out another chunk of silver and go from there.

I am not really mentioning this in the since of a true study but just in general for fun. I could research it but I kind of like just my quick analysis of the "what if...". But the concept of money is fascinating to think about. In todays age, with the banking system, backing by the government, Internet, credit cards, automatic transfers, isn't nice we don't have to carry around fur pelts?

Have a nice day,

Seabreeze