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Shell money

Prehistoric and historic currency using sea shells
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Shell money

Summary

Shell money ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (285 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • Shell money's subclass of is recorded as commodity money[2].
  • Shell money's Commons category is recorded as Shell money[3].
  • Shell money's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/06q2sg[4].
  • Shell money's Art & Architecture Thesaurus ID is recorded as 300037327[5].
  • Shell money's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[6].
  • Shell money's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2777860616[7].
  • Shell money's Nomenclature for Museum Cataloging is recorded as 13891[8].
  • Shell money's museum-digital tag ID is recorded as 42272[9].

Why It Matters

Shell money ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (285 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[10] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[11]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [10] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [11] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Shell money. Retrieved April 11, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/shell-money
MLA “Shell money.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 11 Apr. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/shell-money.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_shell-money_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Shell money}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/shell-money}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-11}}
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