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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ancientnoob, post: 1640337, member: 44140&quot;]<span style="color: #000000"><font face="Arial">The first manufactured coin. In China, people were using Cowrie Shells as a medium of currency since the second millennium BC. These were natural shells from the environment and used in exchange for goods and services. THEN- at some point someone said, &quot;hey there is only so many shells to go around.&quot; So people began manufacturing &quot;coins&quot; from animal bones, they often cut lines and holes and shaped them like the shells that were so coveted since the time before time. Here you have my example, an early primitive example of a Deer bone Cowrie shell.</font></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><font face="Arial"><br /></font></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><font face="Arial"><br /></font></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><font face="Arial"></font></span><span style="color: #000000"><font face="Arial">China </font></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><font face="Arial">Western Zhou Dynasty</font></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><font face="Arial">(1046-771 BC)</font></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><font face="Arial">Deer Bone Primitive Cowrie Shell Imitation</font></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><font face="Arial">19.0mm (1.69g)</font></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><font face="Arial">Ref: Hartill Type #1.2</font></span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><font face="Arial">Western Zhou Dynasty</font></span>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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