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Money cowrie’s were “highly valued by many African cultures” and even used as currency, according to the Carlos Museum at Emory University. City of Boston Archaeology Program photo Finding a Pacific ...

A video shared on X on Saturday is going viral after capturing a trader in Argungu who reportedly accepts every form of currency ever used in Nigeria, from pre-colonial cowries to contemporary naira ...