Tracking the evolution of coins had features in monetary economics research. Based on its historical development it is possible to understand the differences between non-monetary and monetary economies, but also the relations between societies and the economy and monetary systems. The role of coins was most pronounced in the earliest stages of its development, especially in the primitive and commodity stages of development. From time to time it represents thorough apprehension, barter and payment processes. With the progress of societies and the economy, its role is declining, in favor of modern money and banknotes. The development of coins has contributed to the understandable development of new systems. The gold standard is one of the exemplary examples of world money, and its collapse marked the beginning of the creation of paper and digital money without a base in gold or other precious metals. Time has begun a new era of monetary history. Metals could be found in the values of gold and silver, and only highly developed societies could use, produce and process them. Precious metals today are just emerging as part of a state’s reserves or money market. The system of tied value of money is manifested in their contribution to the understanding of monetary organization and their development, the evolution of money and the formal relationship between the state and money. It considers bimetallism and monometallism.