metal money
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例句
Metal money was certainly better than salt or shell or stone money.
金属的货币当然要比盐或是贝壳的或是石头的货币好。
But if you have much of it, metal money is hard to carry around.
但是你有太多时,金属货币不方便带在身上。
Because large sum of metal money is heaved and inconvenient to handle, government issue paper money.
因为大量金属货币使用起来笨重不方便,政府便发行了纸币。