File:Bronze cowries.jpg
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English: Earliest metal currency, bronze cowries (Monetaria moneta), excavated from Linzheyu site at Baode County, Shanxi, dating from the Shang dynasty (1600 BC-1100 BC). Cowrie shells had been used as currency since Neolithic Period in China. |
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