40106

Zaire Slave-Buying Money

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money Start Price:10.00 USD Estimated At:200.00 - 250.00 USD
Zaire Slave-Buying Money
SOLD
60.00USD+ buyer's premium (12.00)
This item SOLD at 2021 Mar 16 @ 07:31UTC-7 : PDT/MST

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Title: Zaire Slave-Buying Money
Description: A fine boloko from Zaire, a well-known African copper currency (see Quiggin, pp. 67-68); in the early 20th century, two bolokos would buy a male slave, though a female slave cost three bolokos; a single boloko was the price of a he-goat. See Opitz, pp. 88-89.
Low Estimate: 200
High Estimate: 250
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