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Auction 31  17-19 May 2018
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Lot 1790

Starting price: 90 USD
Price realized: 240 USD
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KATANGA: AE katanga cross (Opitz [p.124], Quiggin [p.77], Sigler [p.17]), issue of the Katanga tribe in Africa, also known as a Baluba cross, 180mm across, VF. Made by pouring copper into moulds made in sand. The Katanga cross is a scarce and unusual piece of odd & curious 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; a female slave could be bought for five to ten crosses. A male slave in 1907 was worth three to five crosses.

Estimate: 100-150 USD
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