The 20 Weirdest Looking Currencies in History
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Many countries like to shake things up when making new money. Often, this gives them something interesting to stare at while they wish there was someplace they could convert their money into food. We scoured the depths of time and came back with 20 of the most bizarre-looking currencies in history:
- Wooden Nickel, Canada
- Coin Containing Holy Water, Palau
- Squirrel Pelts, Russia
- Manchuko Fiber Coins, Manchuria
- Salt, Many Cultures
- Kennedy coin with Real Sound Byte, Mongolia
- Silver Coins, Vjayanagar (actual size)
- One Million Dollar Coin, Canada
- 3D Geometric Coin, Somalia
- Pop Up Head Coin, Easter Island
- Rai Stone, Palau
- Purple Motorcycle Coin, Somalia
- Olympics Coin, Zambia
- Knife Money, China
- Kissi Money, Liberia
- Katanga Cross, Zaire
- Chilean Misspelled Peso
- Bafia potato masher, Cameroon
- 100 Trilllion Bill, Zimbabwe
- Postcoup Modified Bill, Zaire
