In modern times, money is a good that makes life easier and simpler and measures the value of all other goods. Money is used as a generally accepted means of exchange and payment. In the past, goods were exchanged for goods, allowing a group of households to exchange labor products with each other. Such a system was good until the saturation of certain products occurred. It became increasingly clear to people what all the weaknesses of barter were and they started looking for some item to replace it with something else and that is why money was created. In its beginnings it was not like today, money was just certain things that were in limited quantities.Throughout history, money has been constantly evolving until today's paper money, but also the card method of payment. Certainly, the current form of money will develop into something virtual, ie digital - it is only a matter of time. This final paper will show development of monew through the history in the world, and especially in the Republic of Croatia.