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Money (Eyewitness Books)

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"The earliest reports of payments with cowrie shells were from China about 3,500 years ago."

The first thing I noticed on the first page was the heart-shaped English brass halfpenny token from 1665. I've seen a lot of coins, but had no idea that they could be in so many shapes. From the Ancient Chinese bronze hoe-shaped coin of the 6th century to the square Indian gold mohur of the 17th century, there is a coin for every taste and collection.

There is information on funny money, the first coins, paper money, how coins are made, how banknotes are made, forgery and fakes, money and trade, money in war, power, shared currencies, checks and plastic and coin collections. The countries features include ancient cultures, France, Germany, Netherlands, Belgium, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Greece, Turkey, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland, United Kingdom, United States of America, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, China, Japan and African countries.

"The name for a piggy bank comes from pygg, a type of clay used in Middle Ages to make pots for money and other thing. The idea to make banks in the shape of pigs probably came from the similarity of the words."

If we could still pay with shells, many of us would probably spend a lot more time at the beach. Some of the most fascinating "money" in this book includes red feathers glued together and tied onto vegetable-fiber coils. Writing a check on a cow? That has to

be the strangest thing I've heard about money.

This book has the most bizarre tales about money and also has a special section on coin collecting, how to store them and why you should note store them in a plastic envelope.

Other features:

Timeline of Banking

Glossary with Pictures

It is truly amazing how humans went from stone money to transferring money directly into our checking accounts. This book reminded me of visiting a place in Africa where a man told me if I could lift a gold bar with one hand I could have the gold. I did try. There is a picture of the Federal Reserve Bank in New York where one-third of all the monetary gold in the world is found in special cages.

"When one country sells gold to another, it is moved between the cages by workers wearing shoe covers to protect their feet from dropped bricks."

The most fun you will ever have reading about money.

~The Rebecca Review

DK eyewitness books are some of the greatest non-fiction books around. The distinctive white background and high-quality photography gives this book an edge over any other nonfiction picture book. And -- these pictures are real! They're beautiful photos of all things related to money, accompanied by informative captions and text.

This book isn't the strongest in the series, but it is interesting, and the museum-quality pictures will have the reader involved to the end.

This book is the perfect length for my 10yo who has a stock account and loves to learn about money, lots of info and pictures but enough length that at 10yo he is not bored. He reads at about 6th grade level, and this book is probably for 5th grade and up or would be too hard. Very nice illustrations/pictures with visual interest.

This was a very interesting book on the history of money - and how what is considered "money" has changed so many times throughout the history of man. Very interesting book for those interested in history lessons on money.

- Aimee Elizabeth, Author of Poverty Sucks! How to Become a Self-Made Millionaire.

The photographs in this DK Eyewitness books are up-close glimpses of currency around the world and through the centuries.

This is an excellent source of information for a child doing a research paper, or for anyone with a currency collection or a fascination with the topic. Discusses barter economies and the introduction of currency, the coining process, the federal reserve banking system, and modern checking and credit forms of payment. Gives a timeline of banking. DK books belong on your bookshelf.

Also check into some of these, for children:

"Round and Round the Money Goes" -- Melvin and Gilda Berger

"Money Madness" - David A. Adler

"What is Money?" -- Mary Firestone

"The Go-Around Dollar" -- Barbara Johnston Adams

"Follow the Money" -- Loreen Leedy

"Money" -- DK Eyewitness Books

Choose the one with the illustrations you prefer.

I have an older version of this book. The latest has added a section on shared currency. The cover on the older version has more exotic coins such as heart cutouts. However any version of this book shows a lot of colorful pictures of script and coin. There are simple descriptions of the making of and measuring of money. If you are a coin collector the descriptions help enhance the collection by telling what the symbols represent on the coin as well as some tog the history. My only disappointment was the lack of information on porcelain notgeld. This makes you wonder what else may be missing. Well you can not stuff everything in to 64 pages with pictures.

Great Scientists (DK Eyewitness Books)

My grandson requested this book and another DK Eyewitness book, DOGS, for his 9th birthday. He LOVES them both!

I loved this book and was facinated with the subject of money and currency in the world. I have students who love Eyewitness Books and they often ask me to buy more. I think this a great edition to our classroom library and the students will be just as facinated as I was with money!

Alexa is 8 years old and is interested in checking things out. She has the book "Money" that describes old money. She saw this and said, "Grandpa, I need that book to check out new money". She reads and re-reads the book all the time.

I have an older version of this book. The latest has added a section on shared currency. The cover on the older version has more exotic coins such as heart cutouts. However any version of this book shows a lot of colorful pictures of script and coin. There are simple descriptions of the making of and measuring of money. If you are a coin collector the descriptions help enhance the collection by telling what the symbols represent on the coin as well as some tog the history. My only disappointment was the lack of information on porcelain notgeld. This makes you wonder what else may be missing. Well you can not stuff everything in to 64 pages with pictures.

Great Scientists (DK Eyewitness Books)