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Anthropologists’ money bag By Kuan Yu Chou,    Department of Cultural Resources and Leisure Industry    Money has always played an important role in our daily life. Have you ever wondered where were our money came? When I first came across the name of the exhibition - anthropologists’ money bag, I was very curious about it. In the beginning, I was wondering what the currency was and surprisingly found out that things I can’t even imagine were accepted as currency. From cigarettes and alcohol、 to instant noodles, which are mostly used as currency in jail. In prisoners are not allowed to exchange things for money. Another interesting thing is that Salt is also a form of money which can be paid as solders’ salary. Farmers can exchange crops for a haircut.