Skip to content
Pitt Rivers Museum
AboutHire the MuseumNewsletterUniversity of Oxford

1941.9.1

Iron currency bar, kissi penny, with two flattened ends.

1941.9.1

Digital asset copyright: Pitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford

Terms and Conditions

If you wish to order a high-resolution image and/or licence its use for print or web publication, exhibition, film, promotional product or any other use, whether in the academic or commercial sector of any print run, then please visit photographic services.

Collection type
Object
Description
Iron currency bar, kissi penny, with two flattened ends.
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 Henry Balfour
PRM source Henry Balfour
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1939?, uncertain
Date collected
?By 1939
Acquisition information
Donated: 08/1941 Found unentered: Found unentered
Materials and processes
Material Iron Metal, Process Forged (Metal), Process Hammered, Process Twisted
Dimensions
Length: max 476 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1941.9.1

Search terms: Currency, Token

Further items to explore