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Money didn’t always come in the form of bills
and coins. Believe it or not, not so long ago people
used things like rocks, teeth, spices, leather, pure
gold, and cowries, which are seashells, to buy what
they wanted.
It’s a lot easier to carry rectangles of paper
or pieces of metal in your wallet. But when you travel
from country to country, you might find that money,
or currency, in some countries looks a lot different
from the dollars and cents that you’re used to.
Like the US, most countries use bills and coins for
currency nowadays rather than cowries or cinnamon. But
that’s probably the biggest similarity you’ll
find between another country’s currency and yours.
Currencies come in all different shapes and sizes, and
have different names. Take a look at the money I collected
during my travels:
Each type of currency also has its own
value. So if someone hands you 1,166 won, don’t
plan a long vacation to Investor Islands just yet –
the value of 1,166 won is about equal to the value of
one US dollar.
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