Nothing to sneeze at If you don’t use gold silver or coins, what does one use for money? Join us on patreon.com/thelabwithbrad for extra special extra stuff! Here are several links with information, and differing notions, on the sale of Manhattan Island. Keep the Change: The Beads that Bought Manhattan Was Manhattan really sold for $24 worth of beads and trinkets? The Beads That Did Not Buy Manhattan Island Here’s more about the use of cacao beans as money. The Maya civilization used chocolate as money Chocolate Currency? And here’s a little something about black pepper, and how it was used as money. Black Pepper