Collection of Patrick J O'Rourke - Asian & World Coin
Lot 5725 Session 20 (7.30pm Friday 25 November) Collection of Patrick J O'Rourke - Asian & World Coins
Estimate $120
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KATANGA, Katanga cross, issue of the Katanga tribe in Africa, also known as Baluba cross, 22-23 cms across, (Opitz [p.124], Quiggin [p.77], Sigler [p.17]). Very fine.
Made by pouring copper into moulds made in sand. The Katanga cross is a scarce and unusual piece of primitive money. It is large, normally about 12-18 cms across. It was used in parts of what is now Zaire up to the early 20th century. One would buy about 22 pounds of flour or five or six chickens. Two would buy a gun or a female slave for five to ten crosses. A male slave in 1907 was worth three to five crosses.
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