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Primitive earliest Chinese coinage - cowrie
shell imitation made out of deer bone. This is
the primitive type without holes or "teeth".
21mm long, 1.60 grams. Hartill type #1.2.
Cowries were used as primitive money in China
since the 2nd millenium BC. Later on, bronze
cowrie-shaped coins and cowrie-shaped coins made
out of carved bone (like this piece) were used
as money. This piece is of very nice high
quality!
This
coin is unconditionally guaranteed to be authentic - we do not sell fake coins! |
