How much money do you have in your piggy bank? Have you ever used an automatic teller machine? How are coins made? Which country uses giant, heavy stones as currency? In Young Reed's Currencies of the World find out where money comes from, how it is used, what the word 'economy' means, how you can spot counterfeit banknotes and much more. Learn about the early days of trading furs and tools, to modern banking and stock markets.