In the movie The Count of Monte Cristo (2002) a scene shows the main character paying for

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In the movie The Count of Monte Cristo (2002) a scene shows the main character paying for an estate in France using a wagon full of silver and gold coins. During the 1800s it was not common for people to pay for a house using this method, but gold and silver pieces were quite extensively used as a mean of payment.

a) What method of payment do you think was most probably used to buy a house, even in the 1800s?

b) Why do you think we do not use silver and gold coins as the preferred mean of payment anymore?

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