4216

Salt Brick, Salt Basket

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money Start Price:200.00 USD Estimated At:NA
Salt Brick, Salt Basket
SOLD
200.00USD+ buyer's premium (40.00)
This item SOLD at 2021 Mar 15 @ 17:02UTC-8 : PST/AKDT
Lot: 4216
Header:
Title: Salt Brick, Salt Basket
Description: Salt has been used in many parts of the world for money since antiquity. This lot features two African salt currencies, a brick of brown salt from Ethiopia and a salt basket from Sierra Leone (latter illustrated in Opitz, p. 291, lower left). Both examples of salt money illustrated in NNP edition, https://nnp.wustl.edu/library/book/541824?page=479, 481.
Low Estimate: 525
High Estimate: 800
Pedigree Collection: