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Aztec gold (lemmy.world)

submitted 4 months ago by FlyingSquid to c/insanepeoplefacebook

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[–] FlyingSquid 14 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Yep. Cacao seeds were used like currency.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Currency to buy what? To buy gold of course, which was a famous Aztec staple. They were very fond of it. Never heard the expressions "I hunger for gold", "as delicious as a gold ingot", "this cake must be made of gold"? All proofs of the sacred place of gold in the Aztec kitchen. It is known, look it up on YouTube.

[–] MisterNeon 8 points 4 months ago

You had me going for a second.

[–] lemmyman 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Got any utube videos about it?

[–] FlyingSquid 9 points 4 months ago

I'm sorry, I only have a uarticle about it.

https://bigthink.com/sponsored/aztec-mesoamerican-chocolate-money/

As that article says, the Aztecs eventually realized that money that grew on trees was not the best idea.