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    A Quick History of Money: From Bartering to Bitcoin

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    You will discover:How the earliest societies got by without a penny in their pockets.Why gold gets all the glory.How the first banks started making money from money.Who invented the first banknotes an

    You will discover:How the earliest societies got by without a penny in their pockets.Why gold gets all the glory.How the first banks started making money from money.Who invented the first banknotes and the concept of 'fiat' money.The craziest money-making cons of all time, from shaving coins to selling the Eiffel Tower...twice.How wealth is measured in the modern-day.History's most expensive money mistakes.What money might look like in the future.Great tips for slick saving and smart spending.Plus, read about the world's weirdest wonga, from the four-tonne stones used as currency on the island of Yap, to teacups and sea shells in ancient Asia, to beaver pelts in colonial Canada.Learn how hyperinflation leads to some mind-blowing money maths, like the Bitcoins used to buy two pizzas in 2010 that would be worth GBP75 million today.Test your knowhow with a quiz at the back of the book.