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nydus/The Origin of Metallic Currency and Weight StandardsPublic
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CHAPTER II. Primitive Systems of Currency.

32 to 36 inches.

They go out in boxes containing 100, in straight lengths, and soft to admit of their being wound into armlets, &c.

The diameter of the rod varies from ³⁄₁₆ in. to about ⅜ in.—but a rod weighing about 24 oz. to 3 ft., and ⅜ in. thick, is the one most often made.

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