> Money was in coin form but money also existed as promissory notes, land deeds, titles, contracts and countless other non-tangible forms You are confusing mon

> Money was in coin form but money also existed as promissory notes, land deeds, titles, contracts and countless other non-tangible forms You are confusing money with wealth. From Wikipedia > Money is a commodity accepted by general consent as a medium of economic exchange. Money is not land or a loan. It's a unit to enable the exchange of these lands or loans. That's the problem with money: It is worth something when it actually should be worth nothing.