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Money Through the Ages

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From shells and cacao to giant copper plates and playing cards, explore the surprising things people have used as money around the world.

Money Through the Ages

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  1. Seventeenth-century Swedish plate money consisted of large plates of which metal?
  2. On Yap, how could ownership of a large rai stone change without moving the stone itself?
  3. Which small shells were widely used as money in parts of West Africa?

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