Journey to plastic: A history of money in five objects

Name: Journey to plastic: A history of money in five objects
Uploaded: 2016-04-20T07:43:16.000Z
Duration: 2 min 12 s
Description: Ahead of the introduction of plastic £5 notes later this year, BBC News looks at objects used to represent money at the British Museum.

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In September the Bank of England will introduce the first £5 notes made of plastic.

BBC News visited the Citi Money Gallery at the British Museum to look at five key objects that have been used as monetary tokens in previous societies.

Video journalist: Dougal Shaw, external

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20 April 2016