Shell money is a medium of exchange similar to coin money and other forms of commodity money, and was once commonly used in many parts of the world. Shell...

the African coast from Ras Hafun, in Somalia, to Mozambique. Cowrie shell money was important in the trade networks of Africa, South Asia, and East Asia...

squid are eaten in many countries, to the employment of molluscs as shell money and to make dyestuffs and musical instruments, for personal adornment...

Societies in the Americas, Asia, Africa and Australia used shell money—often, the shells of the cowry (Cypraea moneta L. or C. annulus L.). According...

bright orange-colored ring on the back or upper side of the shell, was commonly used as shell money much like Monetaria moneta. Occasionally the ring part...

medium-to-large-sized sea snails. Conch shells typically have a high spire and a noticeable siphonal canal (in other words, the shell comes to a noticeable point...

"money cowrie" because the shells were historically widely used in many Pacific and Indian Ocean countries as shell money before coinage was in common...

protected their descendants. Langalanga is also the main source of the shell money now made in Solomon Islands. In Malaita legend, the first settlement...

of mainland Malaita. The islands in the lagoon are renowned for their shell money minting process, their "shark worship" beliefs, their shipbuilding skills...

significant assets or operations. Shell companies are used for legitimate purposes but can be used for tax evasion, tax avoidance, money laundering, to dodge current...

Commodity money is money whose value comes from a commodity of which it is made. Commodity money consists of objects having value or use in themselves...

Malaitan shell-money, manufactured in the Langa Langa Lagoon, is the traditional currency used in Malaita and throughout the Solomon Islands. The money consists...

A seashell or sea shell, also known simply as a shell, is a hard, protective outer layer usually created by an animal or organism that lives in the sea...

Machine Keynes, J.M. (1930). A Treatise on Money. Volume I, p. 13 Fauvelle, Mikael (31 March 2024). Shell Money: A Comparative Study (1 ed.). Cambridge University...

burial money tended to be actual money. Graves that were dated to the Shang dynasty period have been discovered that contain thousands of cowrie shells, for...

2014. Hogendorn, Jan. The Shell Money of the Slave Trade. pp. 23–24. Hogendorn, Jan and Johnson Marion (1986). The Shell Money of the Slave Trade. African...

Shell plc is a British multinational oil and gas company, headquartered in London, England. Shell is a public limited company with a primary listing on...

Wampum is a traditional shell bead of the Eastern Woodlands tribes of Native Americans. It includes white shell beads hand-fashioned from the North Atlantic...

mother of pearl, Tyrian purple dye, and sea silk. Their shells have also been used as money in some preindustrial societies. A handful of mollusc species...

to tooth shells or tusk shells used in indigenous jewelry, adornment, and commerce in western Canada and the United States. These tusk shells are a kind...

cowrie shells, ant nose money, spade-shaped money and knife-shaped money. Before the Spring and Autumn period, during the Shang dynasty, cowrie shells had...

poús "foot"), whose members are also known as tusk shells or tooth shells, are a class of shelled marine invertebrates belonging to the phylum Mollusca...

owners. In the United States, tortoiseshells are sometimes referred to as money cats. In Japan, tortoiseshell cats are considered to bring good luck against...

shell disks which are drilled and placed on strings. It can be used as payment for bride price, funeral feasts and compensation, with the shell-money...

launder the proceeds of crime. Shell companies and trusts: Trusts and shell companies disguise the true owners of money. Trusts and corporate vehicles...

money in Tibet started in ancient times, when Tibet had no coined currency of its own. Bartering was common, gold was a medium of exchange, and shell...

Marine Station at Fort Pierce. Retrieved 2018-12-01. Knobbed Whelk: Shell Money Retrieved 2011-11-28. "Anatomy of the knobbed whelk". Archived from the...

important items of commodity money came from the southern seas: shells. Since then however, the shell has become a symbol for money in many Chinese and Japanese...

Africa portal Money portal Numismatics portal List of central banks of Africa Johnson, Marion; Hogendorn, Jan S. (1986). The Shell money of the slave trade...

America to manufacture wampum, a type of sacred jewellery; and to make shell money. Edible: Ark clams, family Arcidae (most popular in Indonesia and Singapore)...