History of Currency: Zimbo of the Kwanza

According to historical records, long before the colonial era was in use in Angola necklaces made ​​of slices of snail shells and other shells, drilled in the center andstrung on strands of textile fibers as a means of exchange. However, despite the variety of shells, was the Zimbo, winkle little gray, one of the most important and first exchange of instruments constituting functionally authenticlocal currency.