Iron money "guinzé", "quinzé", "kilindi", "gbinsin", "gbenzé" · Sierra Leone, Guinea, Liberia, Toma, Kissi · ID: 3051664
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Provenance
Jens Jahn, Munich, GermanyZemanek-Münster, Würzburg, Germany, 27 May 2017, lot 170
Size
H: 44 cm
H: 17.3 inch
Description
base
The European term for this type of iron is “kissi penny”. Ballarini writes: “Currency in forged iron made by the Toma tribe and spread from 1800 by the Kissi throughout the West African region and commercialized in great quantities in Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia” (Ballarini, 2009, p. 119).
The object Iron money “guinzé”, “quinzé”, “kilindi”, “gbinsin”, “gbenzé” with the object ID 3051664 was last part of the auction Collectors’ Items Sale at September 24, 2025 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 89.
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Comparing literature
Ballarini, Roberto, The Perfect Form, On the track of African Tribal Currency, Milano 2009, p. 118 f.
Publications
AHDRC: 0142067