HISTORY
ANCIENT ROME
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Currency
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Detailed explanation-1: -The most common form of commodity money was dried indian corn, which was used to purchase the item depicted above and described below.
Detailed explanation-2: -Cowrie shells and other items from nature Some of the earliest currencies were objects from nature. A notable example is cowrie shells, first used as money about 1200 BCE. Although they may seem a pretty random choice, the shells had a number of advantages: they were similar in size, small, and durable.
Detailed explanation-3: -Gold and silver have been the most common forms of money throughout history. In many languages, such as Spanish, French, Hebrew and Italian, the word for silver is still directly related to the word for money. Sometimes other metals were used.