Currency
Currency noun - Something (as pieces of stamped metal or printed paper) customarily and legally used as a medium of exchange, a measure of value, or a means of payment.
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Synonyms for Currency
Shells and currency are semantically related. In some cases you can replace term "Shells" with "Currency", this nouns are similar.
Shells
Both words in one sentence
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The Wikipedia article on African Currency has this line to start off the second paragraph: "In pre-colonial times African currency included shells, ingots, arrowheads, iron, human beings, salt, cattle, goats, blankets, axes, beads, and many others." What doesn't belong?
Source: Bread, Eggs, Milk, Squick
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Shells and Currency. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/currency/shells
Currency & Shells. N.p., 2016. Web. 22 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/currency/shells>.
Shells or Currency. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/currency/shells.
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