Jingle jangle, jingle jangle.
No, I'm not doing an impression of Sir Jimmy Saville, I'm doing an impression of some coins rattling around in my own pocket!

Since the dawn of time, coins have been used as a means of paying for items.
The Romans used coins to pay for their slaves - a big slave cost around 50 pence. Sometimes, if you bought one big slave you would get a second slave for half price.
That was known as a bargain!

Today, you can't buy slaves - there are none left. Also, it is massively illegal.

And even if you could, you wouldn't be able to - thanks to inflation.
Yes, in the several million years since the Romans became extinct, money has inflated: it has become worth more. What cost just a few pence for a Roman would cost you several hundred pounds!

You can't carry a hundred pounds worth of coins in your pocket - the weight would instantly shatter your hips - and this is why someone invented paper money.

And yet, there are those that still have a place in their hearts for the humble coin.
They collect them, polish them, and nail them to the walls, as if they were their own children.

The most valuable collection of coins is owned by Jimmy Nelson, of Tekirdag, Turkey.
He has a vast collection of Greek, Roman and even some Egyptian coins! He doesn't own any Persian coins, though. He hates Persian coins.
Altogether, Jimmy Nelson's collection is worth a lot of money!