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Old 07-21-2022, 06:35 AM
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Originally Posted by swaghauler View Post
Samples of things actually used as currency (or investment stock) in our own real world before the advent of paper currency. The Time frames are from a 25 year old college Economics book I just happened to still have on my shelf
Another big one in the 17th and 18th centuries was molasses, used in rum production. Molasses was a big part of the Triangle Trade system.
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