The History of Money
Throughout history, people have used different systems for the exchanging of goods and services. In the beginning of time, most people obtained new goods and services through trade. When they wanted something, they needed to offer one of their own possessions or services of equal quality in exchange. Most of the time, people would pay with animals or livestock. Once gold and silver were discovered, they was used to back up paper and coin money. Of course, there were many other economic systems that were used in between trading and our current money system. To read more details about this topic, click here.