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Auction 40  13-15 May 2021
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Lot 2801

Starting price: 85 USD
Price realized: 85 USD
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MONGOLIA: tea money, Opitz pg. 340 (plate example), 80x72mm, a very old and rare piece of tea money, uninscribed, Fine, ex Charles Opitz Collection. In parts of Mongolia and central Asia, a mixture of ground tea bricks, grain flours and boiling water is eaten directly. It has been even suggested that tea eaten whole provided needed roughage normally lacking in the diet.

Estimate: 100-150 USD
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