In this episode of Half-Arsed History, discover the long and very interesting history of money, from its beginnings as commodity money, through coinage, paper money, fiat money, all the way to the digital money of the 21st century.
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Image: Matsys, Quentin. The Moneylender and his Wife. Oil on panel. 1514. Department of Paintings of the Louvre, Paris, France. Via Wikimedia.
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