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TIL that 2500 years ago in some regions of what is now China the people used knifes as their money (en.m.wikipedia.org)

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We all know that a proper knife is dead useful, especially back in the day. Coins were not really invented yet so these people used knifes as their coins.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Yeah, there’s parts of Atlanta where people use knives instead of money too.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

These were knife shaped coins, not normal usable knives.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

knifes

knives

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Seems like a good way to pay for goods, but also keep the money.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Koreans had jeon-pae (전폐). Coins that were arrow tip shaped

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

imagine mugging someone at knifepoint back then

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