Kummer, Patricia K.

Currency / Patricia K. Kummer. - New York : Watts, c2004. - 80 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm. - Inventions that shaped the world .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 74) and index.

What is currency? -- Barter and early currency -- Who invented modern currency? -- Making coins and paper notes -- The role of currency -- Many new forms of currency.

Wilson's Children, October 2006 Wilson's Junior High School, August 2006 School Library Journal, February 2005

Describes the invention of currency, a country's official unit of money, its history, and the impact it has had on modern culture.

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