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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 704470, member: 112&quot;]I once asked the following trivia question right here on Coin Talk - </p><p><br /></p><p>In what country &amp; when did the first currency originate ? ( For the purposes of this question I will define currency as a flexible or foldable object with a monetary value written or printed upon it. ) </p><p><br /></p><p>The answer is: 118 BC: Leather money was used in China in the form of one-foot-square pieces of white deerskin with colorful borders. This could be considered the first documented type of banknote. The value of each of these banknotes was 40,000 cash. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Now that said, the Chinese had coins long before that. Some scholars will say as far back as 1500 BC. While in the western world, the Lydians are consider the be the first to have coins from around 700 BC.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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