14 (Weirdo) Official Currencies In The World

Can we go back to knife money, please?
14 (Weirdo) Official Currencies In The World

We regularly deal, whether it's with cash, credit, and even coins. Have you ever considered how individuals would pay for goods and services before a centralized currency existed? Are you tired of the same old currency as well as paper money that most countries use? Some of the strangest currencies from around the world may shock you.

Actual money, as well as banknotes, are gradually becoming such a rare curiosity in a globe that is getting increasingly cashless. The meaning of 'money' is also shifting with the emergence of cryptocurrency. You'll find all kinds of interesting and odd currencies all across the world.

We've grown to take the dollar note for granted, yet it's the result of centuries of experimentation. Some coins were so large that one hundred men could snort cocaine off of them rather than merely inhaling cocaine through them.

Here are some of the most bizarre items our race has amassed to symbolize its wealth:

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China used to trade knife-money. Knife-replica coinage was developed in the regions where knives were commonly used tools, while spade-money hailed fr
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The first US coins said Mind Your Business. MND YOUK UTSINESS You'll never believe this: it was Benjamin Franklin's idea. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED COM
Some Australian and British notes are So thin and rigid, people figured out they could actually produce sound from vinyl records. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED
Lots of modern money is not vegan. 24 countries' currency uses a polymer derived from tallow (beef fat). NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED COM
The smallest coins ever used, Vijayanger's tara, had a diameter of 4 millimeters. If you didn't have exact change, you'd be carrying around a pocket f
The largest piece of legal tender in the world is 220 pounds. TLLION DOLLA DE DO ON Canada's Big Maple Leaf is a $1 million coin made of about $2 mi
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