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Re:In praise of cash by petre on Friday March 03, 2017 @06:14PM (#13787806)
People were using rice as cash in Japan back in the 8th century. Or arrowheads. Depends wether you want to eat or wage some war. AK-47 rifles would be the modern equivalent of arrowheads.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_currency

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Re:In praise of cash by skookumchuck on Friday March 03, 2017 @07:08PM (#13788157)
Tobacco leaves served as cash in the colonial American economy.
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