TIL that 2500 years ago in some regions of what is now China the people used knifes as their money
We all know that a proper knife is dead useful, especially back in the day. Coins were not really invented yet so these people used knifes as their coins.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knife_moneyOpen linkView original on feddit.de
Yeah, there’s parts of Atlanta where people use knives instead of money too.
These were knife shaped coins, not normal usable knives.
Seems like a good way to pay for goods, but also keep the money.
Koreans had jeon-pae (전폐). Coins that were arrow tip shaped
knives
imagine mugging someone at knifepoint back then