What do money mean to you: joyful or sad numbers in bank statements?
In the pages of the book «55 facts about money», you will learn how money was used to sell not only goods but also souls, destinies, power, and salvation. What connects the Athenian owl, the Roman denarius, and a stone wheel from the island of Yap? Why did the Byzantine church buy positions for itself, and why did the Crusaders seek the remission of sins? How did usurers, pirates, and counterfeiters change the course of history?
This book is not a textbook of economics, but a vivid, captivating journey into a world where money was not only a means of exchange but also a tool of faith, fear, deception, power, and hope. Money can do everything. After reading «55 facts about money», you will never look at them the same way again.