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roncolegrove New Member United States 1 Posts	Posted 11/21/2013 9:14 pm I bought this at an estate sale with alot of ancient coins such as Thailand silver bullets and japanese coins. He was a collector (very large collector) of old and ancient asian stuff from statues to paintings and clothing. I'm thinking its some kind of coin because it was with the coin box. It looks like bronze and does not have any gold or silver in it. It does look like there is iron in it, but it is non-magnetic. Its very old and it was pour in the dirt because its bumpy on one side and smooth on the other. If you can help me that would be great. Ron Report this Post to the Staff

Ancientnoob Pillar of the Community United States 5155 Posts	Posted 11/21/2013 9:26 pm I have seen something like this before, I am trying to find out where. If I remember it is a weight or proto coinage from either Africa or South East Asia. Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16868 Posts	Posted 11/21/2013 9:33 pm It is, or at least it resembles, a Katanga Cross, a form of primitive money used in equatorial Africa. I cannot speak as to its authenticity. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis Report this Post to the Staff
Ancientnoob Pillar of the Community United States 5155 Posts	Posted 11/21/2013 10:16 pm Yes Sap! You have it. As for the authenticity....no idea. Interesting to note that something so "primitive' was coinage as late as the early 20th century. Mind boggling how some places are truly timeless. Report this Post to the Staff
chrsmat71 Pillar of the Community United States 4973 Posts	Posted 11/22/2013 12:09 am i'll be darned....that interesting as heck. Report this Post to the Staff
pishpash Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 3626 Posts	Posted 11/22/2013 04:32 am You would need darned big pockets to carry them around. Report this Post to the Staff
FVRIVS RVFVS Pillar of the Community United States 3445 Posts	Posted 11/22/2013 10:04 am Somewhere among all my belongings I something of a similar appearance. Wanting to make a small 'statuette' in a metals class I was taking I purchases some large Sicilian AE's .... blank worn discs actually with no relief visible.After melting them down to pour my mold I encountered a difficulty with the metal. It was 'fizzing' in a peculiar way .... like soda pop ! I needed to discard the material and was provided a cast iron 'mold' by the instructor. I ended up with a straight bar of bronze which had the same characteristic wavy lines which came from the cooling of the metal. I suspect that this item was produced as an ingot to be sold to metal workers. Not to be carried about by a consumer ! Report this Post to the Staff
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