Show CURRENCY OF FURS AND SKINS primitive mode that pre in early days in the early lays days of the united tilted 11 states furs and skins were very gen brally transferred from hand liams to jiano hand as money thus in the northern states a pound of beaver was regard oil ed its as the unit of value and in ili the south tho the saine weight of deerskin performed a similar function in ili ill tho far west furs retained talked re a currency value until quite a recent arte but aft er all as aa a bale of skins eftis was rather a n bulky roll of money money to tn carry about it was customary to 0 o cut off small trips as aa tokens of ownership alad pass them from hand to land hand whilo the tha skills akina were deposited in ill recognized places of security proof of rightful I 1 ownership was demonstrated when the strip was fitted to the part from which it had been detached trickery in ili substituting another skin was not ao so easy as might be imagined because it seldom happened that two skins would prove so eo exactly similar tit in shado shade anti and length of at fur cur where tho the strip was cut oft off as aa to deceive oven tile tha oyo eyo of a novice |