Ancient, British and World Coins, British Trade Tokens, Tickets and Passes, Numismatic Books

New Ireland, Pig Money, string of shell discs, mostly red, a few white, strung together, string woven into a plaited braid, approx. length 4 metres (Quiggin pl. 24, top). Good very fine, very rare (£150-200)

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Macdonald Collection of Primitive Currency.

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Exhibition:
Spink and Son, ‘Curious Currencies of the World’, London, 1963, tray 2, 18.

Plate VII