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[margali]

woof, woof!
;-)
How about the tradition of paying rents in pepper that used to be common
in the british isles-any idea when it started?
margali
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Depends on where and when your talking, but
the odds of Odo the ploughman ever having a coin of his very own,
particularly in the Feudal era, are pretty long.  Think barter.  Spices
were
used for barter/trade, yes.  So in that respect they were 'currency.'
Have
I found any evidence that in any given place and time spices had
specific
defined value for use in trade such as metal and inked paper now do?  No
I
have not.  Now I'm off to the IV caffeine drip.

Feeling like the dog Lycos, Puck