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Counting Boards

by Chris Weeks

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Counting boards used in colonial Jamestowne, VA
by SN Straatveit (posted 10/9/12)

I saw a drawing of a counting board at Jamestowne, VA. It mentioned that Jettsons were used to track the transactions. Further stated that Arabic numerals were in very limited use at that time.

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