An introduction to the study of ancient and modern coins (1848)
Akerman, John Yonge, 1806-1873 · London, J. R. Smith · leaf 186
Numismatic Society, byMr. Walter Hawkins. Proceedings, N. S. Febr. 24, 1842. UNCOINED CURRENCY. 173 of money, with tlie exception of the dollar, wasthe only currency in the valley of the Nile, aboveWady Haifa, for some time after the conquest ofNubia by Mahommed Ali *. The two rings here engraved… … An iron ring, called a Manilla, is also in com-mon circulation, and closely resembles in shapemany of the rings discovered in Ireland. A very singular form of money is current inKordofan and Dar Four. It consist of pieces ofiron, called Hashshash, somewhat resembling thesemi-circular knife used by…
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