Book of Mormon monetary system

The Book of Mormon monetary system is part of the setting of the Book of Mormon. It is the system of economic exchange used by the narrative's Nephites, a pre-Advent society of Christians descended from diasporic Israelites who leave Jerusalem shortly before the Babylonian captivity. After arriving in the Americas, the Nephites industrialize, build cities, and develop institutions for a market economy, including their monetary system.

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Mormon, the internal narrator of the Book of Mormon, first introduces the system in the internal book of Alma. When Nephite missionaries Alma and Amulek preach in Ammonihah, the lawyer Zeezrom attempts to bribe Amulek, wanting him to deny the existence of God. Zeezrom offers Amulek six onties, which would have been worth about 42 days' of wages for a judge in Ammonihah. Uninfluenced, Amulek rejects the money. Setting forth the system as a background for this account, Mormon, the narrator, outlines the value relationship between precious metals and grains.

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