【正确答案】
D
【答案解析】[解析] 25-28
Money is not always composed of dimes, quarters, half dollars, mid bills. For instance, German currency was nearly valueless immediately after World War II. Because American soldiers in time occupation Forces has ready supplies of cigarettes, which the Germans wanted but were unable to get, they paid for purchases with cigarettes as money. Marketable products were priced in terms of so many cigarettes or packs of them; Germany was, in fact, on a temporary "cigarette standard" of money.
Throughout history, a variety of strange things has been used for money. In ancient times, the Romans bought and sold goods for cattle. Some Indians, when trading, used strings of beads called "wampum" Sea shells, grindstones, coconuts, and feathers were other queer kinds of money. From ages past to the present, numerous peuples have employed various metals- iron, copper, silver, and gold--as money. Of course, one of the most common types of money, especially since the art of printing was invented, had been a piece of paper with the right kind of printing on it.
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