Money Quiz: Small Change
6 questions on coins, banknotes and the curious ways people have paid for things through history.
- Questions
6 - Length
About 4 min
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- Why were silver coins first given ridged edges?
- Why were cowries handy as money?
- On the Pacific island of Yap, giant stone discs served as money. About how wide is the largest one?
- Put these moments in the history of money in order, earliest first.
- What is the paper of US dollar banknotes mostly made of?
- Which of these currency names first meant a weight?