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Identify the preposition and place parentheses around each prepositional phrase.

1. In the time (of Homer) oxen were measures (of value). 2. A suit (of golden armor) represented a hundred oxen (in value). 3. (In ancient times) the Jews counted their wealth (in flocks and herds). 4. (In more recent times) the natives (of the island) (of Yap) (in the Pacific Ocean) used large stone wheels (for money). 5. (In our own country) the Indians used beadwork as a medium (of exchange). 6. Wampum, beaver skins, grain, and other staples supplied the American colonists with a means (of barter). 7. (For a hundred years) tobacco was used as money (in Virginia). 8. (In ancient Egypt), metal came (into use as money). 9. The Lydians (in Asia Minor) made the first coins (of gold and silver). 10. The Greeks learned this art (from the Lydians). 11. The first counterfeiter (of minted coins) was supposedly the Emperor Nero. 12. (In 1792) the United States Mint (at Philadelphia) began the coinage (of money). 13. The first minted coins were handed (to Martha Washington) (by the first director) (of the mint). 14. These coins were made (of household silver)( from Mount Vernon). 15. (Before the Declaration of Independence), Continental paper money was used (by the people)( of the United States). 16. The plates (for the printing)( of this money) were engraved (by Paul Revere). 17. The present system (of United States paper money) began with the Civil War. 18. The Bureau (of Engraving and Printing) occupies two large buildings (in Washington, D.C). 19. Within these buildings the paper money (of the United States) is made. 20. Nearly five thousand persons are employed (by this department)(of our Government).