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Image Source. The most disturbing of the ancient currencies may be dolphin teeth, which were used in the Solomon Islands for hundreds of years, in keeping with timeworn traditions. In 2008 the islandâs dollar currency became devalued.
Money was not in coin form at that time, although words like minas and shekels that are used in connection with coinage were applied to the weights of the ancient Mesopotamian form of money. Silver rings were used in Mesopotamia and Egypt as currency about 2000 years before the first coins were struck.Some archaeologists suggest that money was used by wealthy citizens of Mesopotamia as early as 2,500 B.C., or perhaps a few hundred years earlier.ater, around 250 BC, coins made from valuable metals such as gold, silver and bronze became popular and were extensively used in most parts of the Mediterranean, the Near East as well as countries located in Southwest Asia, especially in India.