Monetaria moneta, common name the money cowrie, is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries. This...
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synonym of Monetaria moneta (Linnaeus, 1758) Monetaria etnographica Rochebrunne, 1884: synonym of Monetaria moneta (Linnaeus, 1758) Monetaria etolu Steadman...
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Atlantic deer cowrie, Macrocypraea cervus. Cowrie shells, especially Monetaria moneta, were used for centuries as currency by native Africans. In his book...
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upper side of the shell, was commonly used as shell money much like Monetaria moneta. Occasionally the ring part on its back would be hammered away, making...
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The most common species of shells to be used as currency have been Monetaria moneta, the "money cowry", and certain dentalium tusk shells, used in North...
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The shell most widely used worldwide as currency was the shell of Cypraea moneta, the money cowry. This species is most abundant in the Indian Ocean, and...
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of cowry) were formerly used as currency in what is now Ghana. The Monetaria moneta or money cowry is not native to West African waters but is a common...
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century CE, the islands were known as the 'Money Isles' by the Arabs. Monetaria moneta were used for centuries as a currency in Africa, and huge amounts of...
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Florida dog winkle Mediterranean Sea Lambis truncata sebae Seba's spider conch Red Sea Monetaria moneta Red Sea Lates niloticus Nile Perch Nile River Basin...
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America, Africa and the Caribbean have used shells as money, including Monetaria moneta, the money cowrie in preindustrial societies. However, these were not...
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1901: synonym of Purpuradusta minoridens Cypraea moneta Linnaeus, 1758: synonym of Monetaria moneta Cypraea mus Linnaeus, 1758: synonym of Muracypraea...
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environmental conditions in the Maldives offered a habitat favourable to Monetaria moneta cowries, testifying to the importance of these islands in the international...
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original on 4 January 2013. Retrieved 28 December 2012. "Convenzione monetaria tra la Repubblica Italiana, per conto della Comunità europea, e la Repubblica...
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Memorie dell'Accademia italiana di studi filatelici e numismatici Rassegna monetaria Rassegna numismatica Rivista Italiana di Numismatica e Scienze Affini...
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n. 629 "La collezione di Vittorio Emanuele III e gli studi di storia monetaria" (PDF). p. 266. Regio decreto 4 giugno 1908, n. 279 Francesco Cavaliere...
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snible.org. Retrieved 2011-02-10. Giuseppe Amisano, "Cronologia e politica monetaria alla luce dei segni di valore delle monete etrusche e romane", in: Panorama...
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Mireille (1986). A. Giardina (ed.). Svalutazioni, inflazione e circolazione monetaria nel III secolo, Società romana e impero tardoantico, I : Istituzioni,...
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Postfazioni alla ristampa dei volumi di Paolo Baffi "Studi sulla moneta" e "Nuovi studi sulla moneta", Rubbettino Editore, Soveria Mannelli 2011 La regionalizzazione...
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