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* As in BC and the Flintstones, many extremely early civilizations used seashells as currency. This is probably the most historically accurate part of both series. |
* As in BC and the Flintstones, many extremely early civilizations used seashells as currency. This is probably the most historically accurate part of both series. |
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* Some extremely early records of civilization have divulged that some of the earliest Babylonian-area currency were clay figures of livestock, representing the values of their respective models. |
* Some extremely early records of civilization have divulged that some of the earliest Babylonian-area currency were clay figures of livestock, representing the values of their respective models. |
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* Yap (an island in the South Pacific) used wheel-like stones from another island as high-value "coin". Which attracted much curiosity and some misinterpretations (summarized [http://jpkoning.blogspot.com/2013/01/yap-stones-and-myth-of-fiat-money.html here]). |
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