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submitted 1 year ago by dpunked@feddit.de to c/til@lemmy.ca

We all know that a proper knife is dead useful, especially back in the day. Coins were not really invented yet so these people used knifes as their coins.

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[-] CheeseAndCrepes@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

Yeah, there’s parts of Atlanta where people use knives instead of money too.

[-] MachineBEM@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

These were knife shaped coins, not normal usable knives.

[-] yads@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago

Seems like a good way to pay for goods, but also keep the money.

[-] doctor_han@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago

Koreans had jeon-pae (전폐). Coins that were arrow tip shaped

[-] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago

knifes

knives

[-] christoefour@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

imagine mugging someone at knifepoint back then

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