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Im ancient times people did not have mnoney』 Sometimes they used
food as money to buy things./ Sometimes they Daid for food or
てlothes with animals as money./ But there was oa problen. Sheep,
for example、 were good_enough for.one man Who liked_sheep Dut not_
5 for those who didnt ike them.。』 6 3ルイ
Im America。many kinds ef money were 隔2 betore they nad
dollars and centS. ) Native Americans, who Hived clos@ 15 nature, used
sea shells for PB They called this money wampuml They also
used beads and animals for money.! However, 。下 Was difficult
o to know how many beads or shells they needed to buy sornething.
People came to America from many et _countries一France,
England, Spain and other countries. They brought their own coins
to America. Sometimes they needed a lot of coins to buy something.
A large number of Coips were very heavy, and it was difficult to find
is a safe place to keep 。@emp
People began to Take their own paper money. 。Anyone could
rint money。 and many people did. Banks, stores、and schools
printed many different kinds of paper money. elt had a different
meaning in different places. Perhaps the same money had more
2 value in Boston than it did in New York. Im 1863、 President Lincoln
made a law. The law said that only the United States gOVernment
uld print money. THis aw gave Americans the kind of money
