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The presumably oldest means of payment of the world, the cowry, how it was used as value and means of payment in many parts of the earth over millenniums. Cowry, "cypraea moneta" and "cypraea annulus", unopened, historic, 19.-20. century A.D. |
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Prehistoric Cowry, approx. 3000 years old, found in China. |
€ 15.- each
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Prehistoric Cowry made of Jade (Nephrite), Chou Dynasty, 1050-221 B.C. Found in China. Remark: Where genuine Cowry not or hardly were available, they were taken to cycle as means of payment with the following replacement materials: Stone of every sort, as soapstone and quartz up to jade, bone, tone and bronze (fire golded). |
€ 150.- each | |||||||||||||
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Prehistoric Cowry made of Jade (Nephrite), neolithic, approx. 2.500 B.C. Found in China. |
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Prehistoric Cowry made of Bone, neolithic, approx. 2.500 B.C. found in China.
Measurements (LxBxT): 24,5x17x5 mm Weight: 2,5 g |
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