An introduction to the study of ancient and modern coins (1848)
Akerman, John Yonge, 1806-1873 · London, J. R. Smith · leaf 187
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… … The prototype in earlier times was probably aniron arrow-head, however much the present formmay differ from such an object*. * Musket balls, full bore, were current for a faithing apiece in Massachusetts in the middle of the seventeenth cen-tury. UNCOINED CUKKENCY. 175 In tlie same country, pieces…
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