Japanese mon (currency)

Okay, so in Japan they used to have a type of money called mon. Think of it like special coins or paper that people used to buy things they needed.

But here's the thing, mon wasn't always the same. Each one had a special picture or symbol on it, kind of like how regular coins have a picture of a president or a building on them. These pictures were called "mon," just like the money itself.

So instead of saying, "I have five dollars," people would say something like, "I have five mon with the picture of a bird on them."

This helped people know how much money they had and what type of money they were using at the time. Pretty cool, huh?