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Originally Posted by
Lezleighd 
"That is a great list of currency...now those are types of currency currently used. Through the years, money and currency has changed immensely and money wasn't always the type of money used in sales and bartering. In some coastal communities, they used shells and pearls as a form of currency. " she paused and let that sink in..then she continued, "What other items do you think they used to use instead of money to pay for stuff?" she said with a smile.
Sarah quickly raised her hand,
"well there was cattle, like sheep and cows that was used for bartering. Even in some parts of Africa, a dowry can consist of cattle. The people centuries ago were very happy with their lot" Sarah was going to say primitive, yet she did not think that would be nice "
there whole life revolved around cattle as they were nomadic farmers. Cattle could be used for produce as well"
In fact funny stories are told about when paper money and an old thing called cheques came out, they were disregarded as they were not gold or cattle.