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.
TIL that 2500 years ago in some regions of what is now China the people used knifes as their money
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knife_money
7 Comments
CheeseAndCrepes@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 3y
Yeah, there’s parts of Atlanta where people use knives instead of money too.
MachineBEM@kbin.social · 6 pts · 3y
These were knife shaped coins, not normal usable knives.
doctor_han@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 3y
Koreans had jeon-pae (전폐). Coins that were arrow tip shaped
yads@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 3y
Seems like a good way to pay for goods, but also keep the money.
corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 3y
knives
christoefour@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3y
imagine mugging someone at knifepoint back then