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20 Things Used As Money Before There Was Money


Money is great, but it didn't always exist. Back in the DAY (ancient times) before paper money and coins, people used some pretty crazy stuff to exchange for goods and services. "Making it rain" at the club was impossible, since throwing a cow on a girl would kill her. Here are 20 things that people really used for currency before the invention of money.

20. COWS

 

19. LARGE STONES

 

18. GOLD

 

17. CLAM SHELLS

 

16. BLANKETS

 

15. RICE

 

14. COPPER

 

13. COWRIE SHELLS

 

12. PAPER

 

11. FISH

 

10. CONCH SHELLS

 

9. BARLEY

 

8. SALT

 

7. BEADS

 

6. TEA LEAVES

 

5. DECORATED BELTS

 

4. SILVER

 

3. PEPPERCORNS

 

2. BLOOD

 

1. BAT GUANO

 

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35 weeks ago

eewwww bat poop

37 weeks ago

You forgot squirrel´s skin!

44 weeks ago

I went O . O at #11

44 weeks ago

Me: i will give u this mini piece of S*** for that condom!
Friend: I WANT BLOOD!!
Me: cuts arm open "Here!"
Friend: ll sucks blood off person and gives condom to me when hes done ll

49 weeks ago

huge fish!

53 weeks ago

haha can you imagine ?
"hey man i give you 2 cows for this ps3"

58 weeks ago

That's one huge ass fish

63 weeks ago

Bat guano! 300! 350! Sold to the man who supposedly collects bat guano. i think.

66 weeks ago

BUTT ASS

66 weeks ago

the salt one was cool

68 weeks ago

ewww bat shi... poo thats gross

72 weeks ago

@Double_Cheese, poop. bat poop

73 weeks ago

guano?

73 weeks ago

Surely 1 of them should be sex!?

73 weeks ago

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73 weeks ago

animal pelts was one too ^^

73 weeks ago

bat candy? o.o ohh yeah, they used to make mascara and eye linerrr with bat candy x3 (no joke)

73 weeks ago

i didn't know blood was used for money!

73 weeks ago

Holy chikibooboo! How big can that fish be!!!

74 weeks ago

You forgot squirrel skin!
At least Finns used it as currency.

74 weeks ago

blood o.O

74 weeks ago

damnit to think i would be rich i have lots of bat crap

74 weeks ago

what the firetruck would people need bat candy for?

74 weeks ago

aw, I figured bottlecaps would be on here like in Fallout 3

74 weeks ago

wtf they would use blood instead of money? what the firetruck! was that in some kind of firetruckin' vampire town

74 weeks ago

Bat guano lol

74 weeks ago

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74 weeks ago

blood.......
okay everything has been used

74 weeks ago

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74 weeks ago

got me thinking.. what if it was like cow currency time, or whatever, and they wanted to buy a cow as a pet? how would they get a cow to trade for a cow?

74 weeks ago

What about women?

74 weeks ago

you know you can have paper with out paper money congratulations on the dumest comment iv seen

74 weeks ago

@dialga355 TODAY paper is made in factories. you did know you can make paper by hand? also the "and if people didn't have paper money i am preety sure they didn't have paper either" thing that has to

74 weeks ago

I have never herd of blood before. Where was blood use as money and who use it? Vampires?

74 weeks ago

I'm not so sure that blood is one of them...

74 weeks ago

ok i am not sure about the rocks and blood wich sounds realy stupid but paper?paper is made in factorys.and if people didn't have paper money i am preety sure they didn't have paper either

74 weeks ago

yuk

74 weeks ago

u can sell bat s**t for money?!?!?!?!?omg

74 weeks ago

Wait. Gold is still the form of money in the world so how does this make sense?

74 weeks ago

forgot 'women'... :/

74 weeks ago

blood?
so pll in old ages ware emo?

how much is that pot?
2 cuts for blood
OK!

74 weeks ago

Mmmm bat guano

74 weeks ago

money is for noobs

74 weeks ago

mmh i like #7 *_*

74 weeks ago

8th!

74 weeks ago

These are so much better than money!!!... Rice, barley, and other natural rescourses are better than money!

74 weeks ago

Making it rain, haha, the degeneration of society.

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