40168

Huge Curved Copper Ingot

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money Start Price:10.00 USD Estimated At:300.00 - 450.00 USD
Huge Curved Copper Ingot
SOLD
150.00USD+ buyer's premium (30.00)
This item SOLD at 2021 Mar 16 @ 07:31UTC-7 : PDT/MST

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Title: Huge Curved Copper Ingot
Description: In Zaire mboles, heavy copper or bronze ingots were made shaped like a truncated U, almost 8" across, with five ridges on the outside. They were used for money; see Opitz, p. 221 (illustrated, left center) and Roberto Ballarini, Black Africa's Traditional Arms (Basiglio, 1992), p. 117).
Low Estimate: 300
High Estimate: 450
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