Europe`s first common currency: Early Bronze Age people used rings, bangles and even axe blades ...
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From British pounds to Croatian kuna, a range of different currencies are used across Europe today. Now, researchers have shed light on what the first common currency in Europe might have been. Their findings suggest that people used bronze objects such as rings, bangles and even axe blades as an early form of cash 5,000 years ago. Early Bronze Age Europeans even went so far as to standardise the shape and weight of these objects for currency, say scientists. Their findings suggest that people used bronze objects such as rings, ribs (pictured) and even axe blades as an early form of cash 5,000 years ago HOW DO THEY KNOW THE ARTEFACTS WERE USED AS CURRENCY? The team compared the objects`...