Zemanek-Münster

Currency ·  D. R. Congo, Katanga · ID: 3042165

sold EUR 500
Provenance
Marc Leo Felix, Brussels, Belgium
Jens Jahn, Munich, Germany
Size
H: 32 cm
H: 12.6 inch

Description

copper, “H” shaped, min. dam., traces of corrosion, base;
H-shaped curreny belongs to the tradition of cross currency, but is distinguished by the external borders in relief. They were mostly produced along the mid-course of the Zambesi river.


Comparing literature

Bartolomucci, Adolfo, African Currency, Milan 2012, p. 110


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