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Odd Money From Around The World In Yap And More
The article surveys unusual currencies such as Yap stone coins and salt slabs used as money in Africa and the Pacific. It notes Chase National Bank’s museum collection of 75,000 money specimens, from ancient copper money to a Swed ish eight daler coin, and describes diverse standards from dog teeth to tobacco and cotton cloth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chase National Bank of New York
Foreign Exchange Department
White House
Truman
Colpata
Sweden
Africa
Petersburg
South Seas
Congo
U. S
Christ
Vernon L. Brown