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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;medoraman, post: 3172897, member: 26302&quot;]Yes, the ancient hoe money reference posted earlier describes them. From what I read the Incans in Ecuador traded copper with the Aztecs. The Aztecs made the hoes, and the Incan traders saw that and copied.</p><p><br /></p><p>Those who say the Aztec hoes postdate the Spanish cannot answer some questions as far as I see. Why would the Aztecs not copy Spanish coins, but follow older, normal evolutionary paths for coinage? Why is the copper filled with impurities that are NEVER found in Spanish copper? Given coinage evolution around the world, I would require pretty high evidence to prove that the same coinage path numerous other civilizations followed to create their own coinage, (stylized versions of functional objects), was instead &quot;given&quot; instead by Spanish whom they themselves had no history of this.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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