Long ago, people didn’t have money like we do today. They used things like grain or animals to trade with each other. But that was tricky, how do you know if a pig is worth the same as a bag of grain? One day, someone had an idea: what if they made little metal disks and said, these are money? That’s how coins came to be!
Examples
- A child gives a coin to buy candy from the corner shop.
- Two friends agree on how many coins each person should give for a game.
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See also
- How Did the Pyramids Stay Standing for Thousands of Years?
- Why Did the Roman Empire Fall?
- How Does the Ancient Roman Calendar Work?
- How Did Ancient Civilizations Count Without Numbers?
- How Do We Know What People Thought Long Ago?
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