Sweet currency, i.e. chocolate, is a legal tender. Chocolate may not be associated with money, but it turns out that the Maya used it as a means of payment. Tracing the... more Sweet currency, i.e. chocolate, is a legal tender. Chocolate may not be associated with money, but it turns out that the Maya used it as a means of payment. Tracing the history of money is not as easy as it may seem. After all, as soon as a more organized social life developed, there was a need for the exchange of goods. At first it was a so-called barter, i.e. just a one-time exchange of goods for goods, without using a fixed exchanger, for example in the form of cash. Somewhat later, but before money in the form of metal coins prevailed in transactions, certain products, depending on the culture, played the role of a kind of "currency". More in the blog "Antina Anta - my view" Various payment methods. Patricia Churchland in her book "The Morality of the Brain" points out that, most likely, the beginning of the exchange of goods between social groups dates back about 100,000 years. years ago, and Matt Ridley adds that it was a kind of breakthrough in our history. A breakthrough, thanks to which... less