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Who Invented Money?

But Why: A Podcast for Curious Kids

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What Is Bartering?

In early human existence, we did a lot of bartering. It's basically trading - you'll give me something i want in exchange for me giving you something you want. Those earliest forms of money were things like shells or rocks then pieces of clay with cymbols or faces pressed into them, like stamps. We use those stones as money to trade for something we really need. But get pretty complicated pretty quickly.

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