By Wayne Hanson
Editor
A long time ago, money changed from useful things - like sheep and chickens
represented useful things that could be eaten. Then money changed into
currency and coins - which were not made of gold or silver, could not be
eaten and were not even particularly shiny. But they could be put in a
leather wallet or purse, and so we were happy. And at least dollars smelled
good and coins made a great clinking sound.
the government put numbers on the pieces of paper and coins, and pictures
of former presidents so we would show some respect. But the Federal Reserve
could print more money if it wanted to, so coffee rose from 10