Special Purpose Money

Dublin Core

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Kualia shell disc currency

Used as currency in near Papua New Guinea.

Thin iron sticks with round flat tips. Kissi penny, also seen transcribed as kissy or kisi penny or known as guenze, koli, and kilindi, was an iron currency made in Sierra Leone that circulated widely in the immediate vicinity of its production among…

Chinese "knife" money

Knife money is the name of large, cast, bronze, knife-shaped commodity money produced by various governments and kingdoms in what is now known as China during the Zhou dynasty. Find out more: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knife_money

Kina shell necklace

Athenian Tetradrachm

An ancient Athenian Coin. Find out more here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetradrachm

Mexican axe valuable

Cowrie Shells (Cut).

Manillas

Large etched manilla

King Manilla

green/oxidized metal

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