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Coins

Long time ago dollars or debit cards did not exist. So what we are going to tell you about is how they made money in those days.

Coins are money that you can trade for goods or services. These coins can be a type, like gold, silver, copper and bronze! These coins started in the year 1200.

The first coin was in Lydia. Lydia is in Turkey as you no know. The face on the coins have faces on them is because some could be famous or some of the rulers or emperors I the older days. Lydian coins started in Lydia about 550B.C.E and are the oldest kind of coin to last. It was used to trade goods.550 years before Christ, people used something called Lydian coins. Lydian coins were old lumps of silver or gold that was stamped with the star sign of the country or the king & queen or the president.

You can also tell who or where this coin was made but you need to study history! In 1200 the coins they used we do not use it today but we still uses a coins to trade for a good or a service.

And all coins come in different shapes sizes! For example the Chinese poke holes in the coins to put on there necks! Did you know the emperors use gold for there coins.

Since we now have credit cards, cash, coins, debit cards & cheques we don’t need Lydian coins. By Jessica and Georgina []