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Auction 18  16-18 January 2014
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Lot 2447

Starting price: 300 USD
Price realized: 360 USD
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WORLDWIDE:LOT of 12 odd and curious money including; Solomon Islands string of red & white shell money all of fine workmanship and uniform size, Malay States tin hat money one cent with several natural casting holes, one small and another medium sized (2), Marshall Islands short black & white string of shell money with four carved bone "teeth", New Guinea cowry shell necklace hand sewn together in double rows, Ancient China Yi Bi Qian (Ant Nose Money), Bank's Island shell money, short string of small sheccl chips, crude in style, Siam debased silver Tiger Tongue Money, long-oval ingot with characteristic pattern on top containing 3 incuse stamps,a type of currency adopted from Lan Xang, a large kingdom in what is now Laos and eastern Thailand, Africa hippocampus tooth money, South East Asia debased silver bracelet Hill Tribe money from Golden Triangle area of Siam or Burma, Thailand silver imitation ¼ baht bullet money, Fiji Sperm Whale tooth money, also used in the Gilbert and Solomon Islands, very interesting lot! lot of 12 pieces.

Estimate: 425-475 USD
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