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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prodigy_raze19
35 weeks ago
eewwww bat poop
Nakkimakkarasetuli
37 weeks ago
You forgot squirrel´s skin!
Fan-O-Smosh4
44 weeks ago
I went O . O at #11
hdgn
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
Bosstastic
49 weeks ago
huge fish!
get-a-life
53 weeks ago
haha can you imagine ?
"hey man i give you 2 cows for this ps3"
Zombiecurry
58 weeks ago
That's one huge ass fish
Soapinator
63 weeks ago
Bat guano! 300! 350! Sold to the man who supposedly collects bat guano. i think.
dmoldenburg
66 weeks ago
BUTT ASS
dmoldenburg
66 weeks ago
the salt one was cool
Annie1698
68 weeks ago
ewww bat shi... poo thats gross
bulldoglover229
72 weeks ago
@Double_Cheese, poop. bat poop
Double_Cheese_Burger
73 weeks ago
guano?
:<<moc.hsomS:
73 weeks ago
Surely 1 of them should be sex!?
Tweengirl
73 weeks ago
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toocuteforyou_5
73 weeks ago
animal pelts was one too ^^
Swirlypop13
73 weeks ago
bat candy? o.o ohh yeah, they used to make mascara and eye linerrr with bat candy x3 (no joke)
Yuka Akemi
73 weeks ago
i didn't know blood was used for money!
Aphroditeeeeee
73 weeks ago
Holy chikibooboo! How big can that fish be!!!
Jourei
74 weeks ago
You forgot squirrel skin!
At least Finns used it as currency.
Acamel
74 weeks ago
blood o.O
bone249
74 weeks ago
damnit to think i would be rich i have lots of bat crap
xyoutubexsmoshx
74 weeks ago
what the firetruck would people need bat candy for?
ByakuyaGirl23
74 weeks ago
aw, I figured bottlecaps would be on here like in Fallout 3
rysmaster
74 weeks ago
wtf they would use blood instead of money? what the firetruck! was that in some kind of firetruckin' vampire town
cartwheeler2
74 weeks ago
Bat guano lol
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lol392
74 weeks ago
blood.......
okay everything has been used
Jmaster1
74 weeks ago
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CloMetal
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?
Marcobalt
74 weeks ago
What about women?
xXBIOwarfareXx
74 weeks ago
you know you can have paper with out paper money congratulations on the dumest comment iv seen
xXBIOwarfareXx
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
LokiXLuck
74 weeks ago
I have never herd of blood before. Where was blood use as money and who use it? Vampires?
chickenorangedotcom
74 weeks ago
I'm not so sure that blood is one of them...
dialga355
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
zian6
74 weeks ago
yuk
kickinyourass
74 weeks ago
u can sell bat s**t for money?!?!?!?!?omg
Mr.Damorag
74 weeks ago
Wait. Gold is still the form of money in the world so how does this make sense?
BrandE
74 weeks ago
forgot 'women'... :/
durbage
74 weeks ago
blood?
so pll in old ages ware emo?
how much is that pot?
2 cuts for blood
OK!
MagicWindex
74 weeks ago
Mmmm bat guano
wpepie
74 weeks ago
money is for noobs
LittleBigPumpkin
74 weeks ago
mmh i like #7 *_*
GothPigeon
74 weeks ago
8th!
GOSLPC
74 weeks ago
These are so much better than money!!!... Rice, barley, and other natural rescourses are better than money!
rmxpokeman
74 weeks ago
Making it rain, haha, the degeneration of society.