For thousands of years pawn loans have provided a solution to people in need of fast cash. This type of lending first appeared in ancient China more than three thousand years ago, as a means of providing loans to peasants, and has spread worldwide. King Edward III pawned his jewels to the Lombards in 1388 to help finance a war against France, and Queen Isabella of Spain is said to have used her jewelry as collateral so that she could fund expeditions to the New World by C