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1. Paper Money

   5/5Dr Helen Wang discusses the development of paper money.
2. Coins

   4/5Edith Hall argues that the first coins gave individuals more freedom than ever before.
3. Standards

   3/5Exploring the creation of the first international and cross-boundary standards for money.
4. Episode 2

   2/5Focusing on the first banks - in Babylonia around 3,000 BC.
5. Cows and Shells

   1/5Keith Hart on the origins of money as part of an economy of living persons and things.