In those times chocolate was a very big thing. It was worth a lot. So this is the reason the Aztecs used chocolate as money. :)
No, the Aztecs did not use silver coins as currency. They primarily used a barter system, exchanging goods and services without a standardized form of currency.
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No, the Aztecs did not use silver coins as currency. They used a system of barter trade, where goods were exchanged for other goods. Cocoa beans, cloth, and tools were commonly used as currency in Aztec society.
The Aztecs
The cocoa beans were used at the Aztecs' currency.
the cocoa beans were like the currency for the aztecs.
Cocoa and gold were the main forms of currency in Aztlan (Aztec's country).
The Aztecs used gold as a currency, along with cocoa beans. The chocolate that was made from the cocoa beans was as valuable to them as gold was to the Spaniards. They also used gold for jewellery.
The Aztec were the first to use the cocoa bean as a food resource
One of the first cultures to use vanilla were the Aztecs of Mexico. The vanilla spice was traded like a form of currency.
because the aztecs used chocolate as currency
Other than cocoa beans for a drink, the Aztecs have also used cocoa beans as a currency to purchase goods such as a rabbit or an enslaved human. Hope this helps!