Monday, October 26th!

Tonight you are visiting the Virtual Money Museum at the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond. Visit the link and see if you can locate the answers to the following questions about ancient forms of money.

When you visit the museum, the information you need will be found in Other Forms of Payment.

The Virtual Money Museum

Questions for the Virtual Money Museum

1.  Pick six (6) forms of early money (from the Primitive money). Find out a little about each form of money and be ready to share on Tuesday.

2.  The English Crown has two famous monarchs on the coin. What Virginia college is named after these two monarchs?

3.  The Widow's Mite was made from ____________?

4.  What is interesting about the Pan-Liang?  What do you think this was used for?

5.  Money can sometimes give you information about a society. What can you learn about the ancient Byzanthium from what appears on their coin?