The Origin of Metallic Currency and Weight Standards

"The Origin of Metallic Currency and Weight Standards" by William Ridgeway is a late 1800s historical analysis that examines how metallic money and weight measurements emerged and changed in old societies. The story looks at how these standards mattered for civilization's progress and why people thought about them the way they did before. It kicks off by talking about the start of currency and weight measurements based on what we know from old Greek writings. Ridgeway suggests that in times past, things like cows showed how wealthy someone was and that to truly grasp money in olden times; we should look at pieces of literature like Homer's works. The main idea is that when we understand the base of old economies, we can better understand how money works today.