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beaver currency

Fur Trade, Hist.

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a fur-trade monetary system in which one made beaver was the unit of value.

See: beaver money,beaverskin currency,made beaver

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<i>c</i>1902

The value of these furs in "beaver" currency varied with the fashions of the civilized world, with the scarcity or plenty of the furs, with the locality of the fort.