The cowrie is the most widely and longest used currency in history. 1,000 BC: First Metal Money and Coins Bronze and Copper cowrie imitations were manufactured by China at the end of the Stone Age ...

In the Middle Ages, French merchants carried their money in a bougette, or a 'little bag'. The word borrows from the Latin word bulga, meaning 'a leather bag'. Within the bag, one's monetary ...

Changing conceptions of money in England, France and America, 1690-1781," the first of three online lectures offered by the Bidwell House Museum.