Old currency of Massachusetts (6)

I believe the answer is:

wampum

(Other definitions for wampum that I've seen before include "Strings of shell beads once used by N American Indians as money" , "Bead money" , "money to US natives" , "(N. American) shells as money" , "Indian money" .)

I've seen this clue in The New York Times.

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