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The first copper（铜）coins {#blank#}6{#/blank#}  China. They were round and had a square（正方的）hole in the center. Different countries have used different metals for their money. Later some countries {#blank#}7{#/blank#}  to make coins of gold and silver（银）.But gold, silver and copper were heavy {#blank#}8{#/blank#}  when people needed a lot of coins to buy something expensive. The Chinese were the first {#blank#}9{#/blank#}  paper money. The first paper money didn't {#blank#}10{#/blank#}  like the paper money we use today.

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