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This is not a picture of the cowrie shells species used as money: Cypraea moneta. Only one shell, the little white shell in the middle of the left side of the picture, may be an specimen of the moneta species used as currency. As it is, this is a misleading picture and should be replaced with a more appropriate (accurate) picture.
अस्य प्रलेखस्य प्रतिकृतीकरणं, पुनर्वितरणं, परिवर्तनं वा / च कर्तुम् अधोनिर्दिष्टनियमानुसारम् अनुमतिः दत्ता GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled GNU Free Documentation Licensehttp://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.htmlGFDLGNU Free Documentation Licensetruetrue