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Money

There were three standard items of trade for the Shasta that served as a form of generic money. The valuable coastal seashell beads were highly valuable. Scarlet woodpecker scalps were another form of currency, the larger bird scalps worth twice the value of the smaller scalps. And lastly, shell beads form the central valley river clams were a form of money, although less valuable than the coastal shell bead strings.

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