We are pleased to offer for sale Curious Currency The Story of Money from the Stone Age to the Internet Age 2nd Edition by Robert D Leonard Jr. This 153 page, full color, hardcover book was published by Whitman in 2019. Curious Currency features a foreword by Kenneth Bressett and images from the collection of Charles J. Opitz.
Chapters Covered in Curious Currency The Story of Money from the Stone Age to the Internet Age:
What is Money?
Raw Materials
Useful Articles
Ornaments
Customary Objects
Money Substitutes
In Curious Currency author Robert D Leonard Jr takes you through the development of money from the Stone Age through the Internet Age. Leonard explains and illustrates that money is not just limited to coins and paper money. Everything from buckskins to chocolate bars have been used as money over the years. Curios Currency is a very entertaining and authoritative book on the history of money. This is a new book from our inventory