The Weird History of Money: From Shells to Digital Cash

Money seems simple—until you discover how strange its history really is.In this episode of Rewinding History, we travel through thousands of years of bizarre money, from seashells and giant stone discs to coins, paper notes, bank scandals, inflation, counterfeit fortunes, and the digital money we use today.Why did people once use salt as money? Why were some coins worth more than the goods they could buy? And how did pieces of paper become something powerful enough to build empires, trigger financial crises, and make fortunes disappear overnight?The story of money isn't just about wealth. It's about trust, power, greed, and the strange things humans have agreed to call valuable.