Money

The History of Money in America – Part 2

Last month, I posted the first part of this article.  It talked about the origins of money, money in the colonies and money used during the revolution.  It also included the first part of our use of money after the revolution.  That’s where we’ll pick up the story this month… Post-Revolutionary Coins – Part 2 […]

The History of Money in America – Part 1

Investors commonly think about their wealth in terms of money.  We say that a person is worth so much money even if their actual assets are stocks, bonds, real estate, commodities or whatever.  Their value is assessed in dollars which makes it very easy to convert from one asset type to another or to transfer […]