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WHOLESALE TEN KISSI PENNIES of WEST AFRICA PRIMITIVE BRIDE PRICE GENUINE 13-14"

$ 47.49

Availability: 58 in stock
  • Country of Circulation: Liberia
  • Circulated/Uncirculated: Circulated
  • Condition: In OLD, USED CONDITION with CHIPPED & JAGGED EDGES ETC.
  • Certification: Uncertified

    Description

    WHOLESALE 10 (TEN) KISSI PENNIES of WEST AFRICA PRIMITIVE BRIDE PRICE GENUINE
    Super Long (approximately 13 -14 inches), twisted iron wire, was in some use as money from the 1800's to just after the World War I. The iron was smelted & worked in several Mandingo villages and used primarily by 4 tribes, including the Kissi, Bande, Kpelle & the Loma, who inhabit was is today, Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea. They were referred to as 'coins with soul', and if a Kissi was broken, it could not circulate until repaired by a witch doctor. The value in the early 1900's was something like 2,000 for a wife.
    The logo of the Bank of Liberia is made up of 2 crossed Kissi, as shown in our picture, and although we offer these Liberia 5 Dollar banknotes of 1991 (showing one of the major industries=rubber) wholesale separately (eBay item #
    234065351939
    )*, they are not part of this lot of 10 Kissi.
    We also offer wholesale on ebay 2 different brand new condition Liberia coins;  50 Cents and the 1 Dollar coin with the same African Woman's head.
    There are 10 (TEN) KISSI in this LOT
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