I had the pleasure of reviewing the book entitled "Coined" which was just published.

Kabir Sehgal traveled the world , interviewed coin people of great note, and bankers who could give him the background on coins and how they were developed in different parts of the world. It is a wonderful piece of research and relates to all the development of money, in a narrative form, that is extremely informative about Money as well as its origin and how it developed.

I had a lengthy interview with him to try to help develop his story. My son , Larry and I spent endless hours reading and re-reading the stories he relates as they all have Numismatic Background, the origin and development of Coins as money, and presented in a travelogue narrative which is extremely informative and quite lively,

I was quoted mid-way in the story, as he came to the United States to discuss Coins and Money in his travels. He was just interviewed in BloombergTV Money, and he introduced the History of Coins there.

Kabir is a senior Vice President of J.P. Morgan and is very well informed on monetary matters. He traveled to about 50 places worldwide to research his book.

The importance of money in our lives is readily apparent to everyone--rich, poor, and in between. However grudgingly, most of us accept the expression "Money makes the world go round" as a universal truth. We are all aware of the power of money--how it influences our moods, compels us to take risks, and serves as the yardstick of success in societies around the world. Yet because we take the daily reality of money so completely for granted, we seldom question how and why it has come to play such a central role in our lives.

In Coined: The Rich Life of Money And How Its History Has Shaped Us, author Kabir Sehgal casts aside our workaday assumptions about money and takes the reader on a global quest to uncover a deeper understanding of the relationship between money and humankind. More than a mere history of its subject, Coined probes the conceptual origins and evolution of money by examining it through the multiple lenses of disciplines as varied as biology, psychology, anthropology, and theology. Coined is not only a profoundly informative discussion of the concept of money, but it is also an endlessly fascinating and entertaining take on the nature of humanity and the inner workings of the mind.

Kavan Ratnatunga writes:

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www.coinedbook.com