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minus-squareMister Neon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoAztecs didn’t value gold all that much. If they put through the effort to smuggle anything it would have been cacao seeds or quetzal feathers.
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoYep. Cacao seeds were used like currency.
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoI’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.
Aztecs didn’t value gold all that much. If they put through the effort to smuggle anything it would have been cacao seeds or quetzal feathers.
Yep. Cacao seeds were used like currency.
Got any utube videos about it?
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.