Primitive Money
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Lot 5809 Session 17 (11.30am Fri 26 Nov) Primitive Money
Estimate $100
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NIGERIA, needle money (2), as used in Southern and Eastern Nigeria, locally called anyun, aiyu, ozala, umumu or aiyu and were valued at three shillings per pound (Opitz p.238, Quiggin p.88-89); more ornate varieties length 42mm with cone at end (2); China, paddle money length 54mm, Chinese characters at each end; larins (2) from Persian Gulf region, (Opitz p.198-9); Japan, 100 mon, (1835-1870), (KM.C.7). Fine - good very fine. (8)
Ex Robb Family Collection.
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