Money (DK Eyewitness Books) | 
| Authors: Joe Cribb, Laura Buller
Publisher: DK CHILDREN
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  8 reviews
Sales Rank: 64806
Media: Hardcover
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 72
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.1
Dimensions (in): 11.1 x 8.4 x 0.4
ISBN: 0756613892
Dewey Decimal Number: 332.4
EAN: 9780756613891
ASIN: 0756613892
Publication Date: September 5, 2005
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Product Description
Here is an original and exciting look at the diverse world of money. Stunning real-life photography of Egyptian silver, Chinese hole money, Spanish gold, and siege money - as well as today's international currencies - offers a unique "eyewitness" view of money. See the salt money of Ethiopia, what the earliest coins looked like, forged coins and banknotes and what one million dollars looks like. Learn how coins and banknotes are made, why German children used bundles of money as building blocks and why Ancient Greeks put coins in the mouths of dead people. Discover the history of your country's money, where the first paper money was issued and how to detect forged coins. And much, much more!
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Grandson's birthday October 14, 2008
My grandson requested this book and another DK Eyewitness book, DOGS, for his 9th birthday. He LOVES them both!
Totally Facinating! January 28, 2008
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!
My Granddaughter's Choice December 26, 2007
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.
Ooo, Heart-Shaped Money October 21, 2005
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
"The earliest reports of payments with cowrie shells were from China about 3,500 years ago." br /br /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. br /br /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. br /br /"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." br /br /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 tobr /be the strangest thing I've heard about money. br /br /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. br /br /Other features: br /br /Timeline of Bankingbr /Glossary with Picturesbr /br /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. br /br /"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." br /br /The most fun you will ever have reading about money. br /br /~The Rebecca Review br /
 Very Good Educational Book About Money!!! January 18, 2002
This book is the best book for young children to actually visually see what money does and what it looks like in different countries. Very good educational book.
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