For millennia, simple forms of record-keeping have been used as ways to keep track of debt, to substitute for the contemporaneous conveyance of specie, or to accommodate the future settlement and netting of debts. In England, tally sticks were regularly used:

Pablo adds:

To read the complete article, see:
tally sticks for money--8/13/24(https://www.delanceyplace.com/view-archives.php?p=5108)

To read earlier E-Sylum articles, see:
FEATURED WEB SITE(https://www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v03n29a13.html)
MEDIEVAL TALLY STICKS AND HOW THEY WORKED(https://www.coinbooks.org/v20/esylum_v20n29a26.html)
THE ORIGINS OF MONEY(https://www.coinbooks.org/v27/esylum_v27n30a30.html)