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| Tea as a form of money Standard size and weight made tea “bricks” an ideal commodity money in much of Asia. In Mongolia, 12–15 bricks would buy a sheep. In Tibet, 120–150 bought one camel. In some places tea bricks still circulate as a medium of exchange. |
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