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Money · Ages 7+ · Set A
The first coins
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Remember: A coin is a piece of metal with a mark everyone trusts. The mark says the weight is right, so nobody has to weigh it.

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Kito and the lion coinLong ago, in a land called Lydia, a trader named Kito took payment in lumps of metal, and every lump was a different size. Kito had to weigh each lump on his scales, with little stones on the other side, which took a long time. He could not tell how pure the metal was, either. The line of customers grew longer. Then the king had a clever idea: make every piece the same. A smith made round discs of metal that all weighed the same, and he stamped a lion on each one. The lion meant the weight was right. Now Kito could trust a coin without weighing it. The baker passed the coin to a farmer, who passed it to a potter, and every hand trusted the lion.
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Why was paying with lumps of metal slow for Kito?
⚖️He had to weigh every lump✨Lumps were too shiny🚫Nobody wanted metal
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Kito puts little stones on his scales until they .
balancebreakmelt
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A lump of metal with no mark has to be weighed every time.
TrueFalse
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What did the smith press into each disc?
👑A crown🦁A lion🔢A number
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Why could Kito take a new coin without weighing it?
🪶The coin was lighter👀Kito could not see well🦁He trusted the lion mark
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Join each to what it was like.
  1. 1A lump of metal
  2. 2Weighing
  3. 3The lion stamp
  • Ait took a long time
  • Bevery one a different size
  • Cit meant the weight was right

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Number what happened.
  • The smith stamps a lion on round discs
  • The king says every piece should be the same
  • Coins pass from hand to hand
  • Kito weighs lumps on his scales
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Circle every disc people would trust at once.
🦁A metal disc stamped with a lion🪨A lump with no mark🏺A clay disc🥈A marked silver coin
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Kito says: a stamped coin must still be weighed every single time. Is he right?
YesNo
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The first coins were made about years ago.
260262600
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The first coins were made from a pale mix of gold and silver.
TrueFalse
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Why do you think a mark on a coin helps people trust it?
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Draw a round coin with a lion stamped on it.
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Answer key · Set A
The first coins
1He had to weigh every lump Every lump was a different size, so Kito had to weigh each one.
2balance Stones went on one side until the scales balanced, and weighing took a long time.
3True With no mark, nobody can be sure of the weight, so it must be weighed.
4A lion The hammer pressed a lion into the disc, and the lion was the king's mark.
5He trusted the lion mark The mark meant the weight was right, so anyone could trust the coin without weighing it each time.
61-B, 2-A, 3-C Lumps were all different sizes, weighing was slow, and the lion mark said the weight was right.
73, 2, 4, 1 Weighing lumps came first, then the king's idea, then the lion stamp, and last the coins traveled.
8A metal disc stamped with a lion, A marked silver coin A marked metal disc is trusted. A lump must be weighed, and a clay disc cracks in a purse.
9No The stamp means the weight is right, so a stamped coin does not need weighing.
102600 This began about two thousand six hundred years ago.
11True The first coins were made from a pale mix of gold and silver.
12Your own words: a grown-up reads it.
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