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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ken Dorney, post: 2640489, member: 76086&quot;]Yep.&nbsp; Cowries are certainly the oldest form of money and have a long and widespread use, even into modern times.&nbsp; I might suggest that coins (well, metal anyway) began with the introduction of the bronze imitation cowrie.&nbsp; There is concrete evidence they (cowries overall) were used during the Shang Dynasty (though the date of this dynasty are disputed, traditionally 1,766 - 1,122 BC).&nbsp; It is impossible to determine their evolution but it would be safe to assume actual cowries as the first, followed by bone, clay, etc. then ultimately to bronze.&nbsp; While it may be debatable to say that the Chinese invented coins, they most certainly did invent money.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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