1. COWRY SHELLS 1200 B.C COINS 7TH CENTU- RY B.C YEAR 0 PAPER MONEY 11TH CENTURY CHEQUES 1659 PAPER MONEY APPEARED IN EUROPE 1661 CASH REGISTRES 1879 CREDIT CARDS 1950 DIGITAL MONEY 1995 EURO 2001

2. COWRY SHELLS Cowry shells were first used as money in China about 1200 B.C.

3. COINS The first coins were made in Lydia, in present day Turkey, in the 7th century B.C. and soon spread all over the Mediterranean countries.

4. PAPER MONEY Paper money was invented in the 11th century by the Mongolian Emperor, Kubla Khan, in China. But banknotes only appeared in Europe in 1661.

5. CHEQUES The first cheque was handled by British bankers Clayton and Morris in 1659. The first cheque was handled by British bankers Clayton and Morris in 1659.

6. CASH REGISTERS Cash registers were invented by the American saloon-bar owner James Rittyin 1879.

7. CREDIT CARDS Credit cards, or ‘plastic money’, enable people to buy things or services and pay for them later with cash or a cheque.It was invented in 1950 by the Diner´s Club.

8. DIGITAL MONEY Encrypted digital money, first used in the USA in 1995, will probably be the money of the future.

9. EURO The Euro (€) appeared in Europe in 2001.