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Old 01-04-2024, 12:40 PM
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Originally Posted by Arctic Fox View Post
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I suspect there was a lot of resistance when cash first came in

You are expecting to exchange your chicken for a pair of shoes and the cobbler wants to give you round pieces of metal as change instead of some carrots? I don't think so!

Plus ça change...
Cash system started long ago.
Even the Incas and Romans had coins.
Of course, bartering was always an option.