Show CURRENCY OF FURS AND SKINS primitive mode of exchange that prevailed in early days in the early days of the united states furs fura and skins were very generally transfer transferred md from hand to hand is as mon money ey thus thins J I 1 I 1 in n the northern states a pound was regarded as the unit op of value and in the south tho weight of deerskin performed a similar function in the far west furs retained ned a currency val ue until quito a recent date but afta after ell all as a bale of skins was rather a bulky roll of bociey inot ticy toi carry about it was customary tx to cut off small strips at as tokens of ownership and pass them from hand band to hand while the skins were deposited tn recognized places of security croot of rightful ownership hiis was dem demonstrated when hen the strip was fitted to the port patt from which chIt it had been detached trickery in substituting another skin was waa not ho BO easy or might bo be imagined because it seldom happened that two skins would prove so BO exactly similar in shade and length of fur waca o tho the strip was cut oft off as aa to deceive even the eye of a novice |