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Over many years as a history teacher and a collector I have accumulated a large variety of items that I shared with my students in the classroom.  My philosophy was that to see and touch and experience those things that previous generations had used in their everyday lives would help make history more real.  I have decided to use this medium to share these items with a "larger" classroom.

Money has been a medium of exchange for thousands of years, but many forms of money have been used.

 

      

Sumerian Ring                Greece - Thrace

Money 3500 BCE              500-350 BCE

   

     Greece - Macedonian Kingdom

   Alexander the Great 336-323 BCE

                                                                          

       

Judean "Widow's Mite    Marcus Aurelius

(Mentioned in Bible)      Rome 161-180 AD

 

  

  Gordian III Roman Emperor 238-244 AD

 

Constantine I 337 AD (also called The Great)

issued as commemorative at time of death

 

 

 

 


 
"Stadtgelt" City money Hamburg Germany
                        1675
 
 
   English Half Penny King George III 1775
 
     
      King George III         Canadian Colonial
    Six Pence 1817          Half Cent  1816
 
 
Emperor Maximillam III       
1854 Peso Coin                 Maximillam III Gold
Supported by Napoleon III   This is actually a
Attempted to take over       fake coin created in
Mexico                             gold when gold was
                                        made illegal to hold
                                       except for collectable
                                        coins  Value  in 1933
                                        was $1.00