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THE WORLD'S STRANGEST CURRENCIES
The Investopedia site has a page I stumbled across this week titled "The World's Strangest Currencies". It's a short slideshow of various unusual forms of money from Yap stone money to Ithica Hours alternative currency.
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We often think of money as a means of exchange in paper and rounded metal form with conventional denominations. Think again. In the long history of currency, forms of payment that would appear stranger than fiction have appeared. Indeed, before the advent of money, barter was the accepted means of payment where anything could serve as "currency." Here's a brief tour through the quirkier side of the medium's history. Funny money, indeed.
To read the complete article, see:
The World's Strangest Currencies
(www.investopedia.com/slide-show/strange-currencies/)
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