#334 When was the penny first used?
When was the penny first used? The first coin to be called a penny was in 790, but the word meant “all money” and not just one coin. There are…
When was the penny first used? The first coin to be called a penny was in 790, but the word meant “all money” and not just one coin. There are…
The first ever currency was the Mesopotamian shekel, used about 5,000 years ago. Before we had money, people used the bartering system. Bartering probably started when hunter-gatherers began to form…