400 |Sparta. |Iron, overvalued |Boeckh. 360 |Macedonia |First gold coins coined |Jacob. | | in Greece, by Philip. | 266 |Rome |First silver coins coined |Ibid. | | in Rome. | 54 |Britain |Pieces of iron |Ibid. 50 |Rome |Tin and brass coin |Dic. of Dates. Uncertain|Arabia. |Glass coins |N. Y. Tribune. | | | July 2, 1872. ---------+-----------------+--------------------------+--------------- _Period following the failure of the ancient mines._ ---------+-----------------+--------------------------+--------------- A.D. |Rome. |Lead coins silvered, and |Anonymous. 212 | (Caracalla.) | copper coins gilded. | 1066 |Britain |Living money, or human |Henry's History | | being made a legal | of Great | | tender for debts at | Britain, vol. | | about £2 16_s._ 3_d._, | iv, p. 243. | | per capita. | 1160 |Italy |Paper invented; bills of |Anderson. | | exchange introduced by | | | the Jews. | 1240 |Milan, Italy |Paper bills a legal tender|Arthur Young. 1275 |China |Paper bills a legal tender|Marco Polo. |Africa, part of |"Machutes" (ideal money; |Montesquieu. | | this view doubted.) | 1470 |Granada, Spain |Paper bills a legal tender|Irving. 1574 |Holland |Pasteboard bills, |Dic. of Dates. | | representative. | Uncertain|Iceland |Dried fish |Anonymous. Uncertain|Newfoundland |Codfish, dried |Anonymous. Uncertain|Norway and |Seal skins and blubber |Anonymous. | Greenland. | | Uncertain|Hindostan and |Cowry shells |Jacob, 372. | parts of | | | Africa. | | Uncertain|North America |Agate, carnelian, jasper, |Anonymous. | Indian tribes | lead, copper, gold, | | | silver, terra-cotta, | | | mica, pearl, lignite, | | | coal, bone, shells, | | | chalcedony, wampumpeag, | | | etc. | Uncertain|Oriental pastoral|Cattle, grain, etc. |Anonymous. | tribes | | Uncertain|Abyssinia |Salt |Anonymous.