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Inspired by the wonderful #LockdownBestiary, I present #MoneyAtoZ
A is for Ancient Economy
B is for Bitoin
C is for Cowries (1/x)
A is for Ancient Economy
B is for Bitoin
C is for Cowries (1/x)
Cowries are sea snails (marine #gastropod #Cypraeidae) with smooth, shiny, roughly egg-shaped shells; the family is widespread, but so-called “money cowry” (named by Linnaeus, 1758) *farmed* in Indian Ocean off the Maldives Islands 2/x 
3/x Like silver, cowries are widely circulated monetary materials, but they come “alrady minted”! Their shells have been used as currency for millenia; 6900 of them in burial site of Lady/Fu Hao c. 1200 BCE; en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomb_of_F…
