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1940.12.612

Iron rod with flattened ends, kissi penny, used as currency.

1940.12.612

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Collection type
Object
Description
Iron rod with flattened ends, kissi penny, used as currency.
Long description
Iron rod, twisted along the central section, with two flattened ends, used as currency. One end is in a T-shape, the other in a flattened oval.
Person
Field collector Vere Henry Fergusson
PRM source Charles Gabriel Seligman
PRM source Brenda Zara Seligman
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1927
Date collected
by December 1927
Acquisition information
Donated: 1940
Materials and processes
Material Iron Metal, Process Forged (Metal), Process Hammered, Process Twisted
Dimensions
Length: max 470 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1940.12.612
Research and responses

This object must have been collected and given to Seligman by 1927, as Captain Fergusson was killed in December of that year [RTS 3/12/2003].

Search terms: Currency, Weapon, Tool, Knife, Token

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