Currency to buy what? To buy gold of course, which was a famous Aztec staple. They were very fond of it. Never heard the expressions “I hunger for gold”, “as delicious as a gold ingot”, “this cake must be made of gold”? All proofs of the sacred place of gold in the Aztec kitchen. It is known, look it up on YouTube.
Yep. Cacao seeds were used like currency.
Currency to buy what? To buy gold of course, which was a famous Aztec staple. They were very fond of it. Never heard the expressions “I hunger for gold”, “as delicious as a gold ingot”, “this cake must be made of gold”? All proofs of the sacred place of gold in the Aztec kitchen. It is known, look it up on YouTube.
You had me going for a second.
Got any utube videos about it?
I’m sorry, I only have a uarticle about it.
https://bigthink.com/sponsored/aztec-mesoamerican-chocolate-money/
As that article says, the Aztecs eventually realized that money that grew on trees was not the best idea.