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1_______. The major forms of money in those days, gold and silver coins, were inconvenient to carry and liable to be stolen. 2_______. In this way, the goldsmith became a kind of medieval banker. 3_______. In time, the goldsmiths’ receipts became very popular with merchants and travelers who had to move large sums of money. 4_______.
1_______. The major forms of money in those days, gold and silver coins, were inconvenient to carry and liable to be stolen. 2_______. In this way, the goldsmith became a kind of medieval banker. 3_______. In time, the goldsmiths’ receipts became very popular with merchants and travelers who had to move large sums of money. 4_______.
• The use of paper money in Western civilization began in the Middle Ages
• Merchants accepted the receipts in payment for goods because they could receive the receipt for gold at the goldsmith’s shop
• As their use spread, the earliest form of paper money in Western Europe came into being
• To make business transactions safer and more convenient, people began depositing their coins with local goldsmiths, who gave them a written receipt in exchange for the coins