Nicolas Brasch

The Invention of Money Nicolas Brasch

Marc Notes: Includes index.; Currency is a fact of human life, and this book explores its beginning with those early coins and precious objects all the way to the banknotes and fraud-detecting devices of the twenty-first century. Table of Contents: Why We Need Money -- Bartering -- Coins -- Paper Money -- Precious Objects -- Banking -- Creating Interest -- You Decide -- Making Money -- Fighting Fraud -- Money Through the Ages -- Collecting Money -- Glossary -- Index -- Websites. Brief Description: Currency is a fact of human life, and this book explores its beginning with those early coins and precious objects all the way to the banknotes and fraud-detecting devices of the twenty-first century.