Tin Animal Money

Tin animal money is like pretend money that looks like little animals made out of metal. Just like you can use pretend money to buy things in a game, you could use tin animal money to pretend to buy things in real life. But in the past, some people actually used tin animal money as real money to buy things they needed! It's not something we use anymore, but it's interesting to learn about how people used to use different things as money.