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02845aam a2200433Ii 4500 001 CA6733CA332F11E49E51C4E1DAD10320 003 SILO 005 20190228010452 008 140130s2014 maua j b 001 0 eng d 010 $a 2013952840 020 $a 0763667633 020 $a 9780763667634 035 $a (OCoLC)869527041 040 $a YDXCP $b eng $e rda $c YDXCP $d BTCTA $d YCC $d DCH $d OJ4 $d BKL $d OJ4 $d JBL $d NYP $d SILO 050 14 $a HG221.5 $b .J46 2014 082 04 $a 332.4 $2 23 100 1 $a Jenkins, Martin, $d 1959- $e author. 245 14 $a The history of money : $b from bartering to banking / $c Martin Jenkins ; illustrated by Satoshi Kitamura. 250 $a First U.S. edition. 264 1 $a Somerville, Massachusetts : $b Candlewick Press, $c 2014. 300 $a 53 pages : $b color illustrations ; $c 24 cm. 505 0 $a Chapter one: In which nobody has any money -- Chapter two: In which nobody has any money but people do have lots of stuff -- Chapter three: In which we start counting the things that count -- Chapter four: In which we discuss goat swapping -- Chapter five: In which we get on to the hard stuff -- Chapter six: In which we find out how expensive it is to bite a men's nose -- Chapter seven: Which we think will be of interest -- Chapter eight: In which we discover that money is the root of all writing -- Chapter nine: In which we start coining it -- Chapter ten: Which might be a little bit taxing -- Chapter eleven: In which the Romas inflate -- Chapter twelve: In which we discover the real cost of precious metals -- Chapter thirteen: Which includes an interesting fact about gold -- Chapter fourteen: In which coins go out (for awhile) and paper comes in -- Chapter fifteen: In which we discover how easy it is for money to disappear -- Chapter sixteen: In which we discover that even when money doesn't disappear, you sill can't pin it down -- The price of everything and the value of nothing. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (page 51) and index. 520 $a A lighthearted chronicle of the history of money covers topics ranging from currency forms and the relationship between money and writing to the way taxes work and the practices of modern banking systems. 650 0 $a Money $x History. 700 1 $a Kitamura, Satoshi, $e illustrator. 941 $a 11 952 $l LAPH975 $d 20240702022601.0 952 $l CPPC926 $d 20231111013717.0 952 $l AWPD207 $d 20230209013754.0 952 $l FXPH314 $d 20220909033314.0 952 $l AXPF626 $d 20220223010730.0 952 $l KSPG296 $d 20201231010227.0 952 $l BOPG851 $d 20181006080705.0 952 $l SAPG074 $d 20160202083051.0 952 $l CYPF706 $d 20150514011310.0 952 $l CBPF522 $d 20150408010550.0 952 $l CAPH522 $d 20150218011208.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=CA6733CA332F11E49E51C4E1DAD10320Initiate Another SILO Locator Search