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Iron Exchange valuable, Liberia, 1900. 0000.999.75835
535mm long, 71.3mm at base, 29.4mm at top. Kissi Pennies, of the Kissi tribe (early 20th century) : Sierra Leone, Liberia, and French Guinea. Also called Kilindi, gitzi, ghisi, and "Coin with soul" (if broken a witch doctor must repair and restore soul). The twisted and hammered iron rods with distinctive ends show that the metal can be worked in four different ways and is therefore of high quality.
Exchange valuable
1900
Iron
Liberia
0
71.19
535
Kissi penny
Survey of Primitive Money, A
Hingston Quiggin, pp.92
Odd and Curious Money, C
J. Opitz, pp.59
0000.999.75835
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