Bizarre Forms Of Ancient Currency

Would you accept a brick of salt or a large rock instead of your regular paycheck? Understanding the value of money over time is a key point in finance - and time has certainly changed what people value. Historically, people have assigned monetary value to a wide variety of objects.

And while most of these currencies wouldn't be practical today, they serve as important reminders of what people used to value and why. Ancient currencies came in many amazing shapes, sizes and formats. Take a look at ten incredible examples of currency that are quite different from what we use today.