Kissi penny, the metal rod currency used in early 20th-century West Africa abolished by colonizers

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Kissi penny, the metal rod currency used in early 20th-century West Africa abolished by colonizers

The Kissi, Loma, and Bandi people who lived in the present-day border regions of Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Guinea introduced the 'Kissi money' or 'Kissi penny' around the end of the 19th century. Its use was fairly widespread in actual practice. The Kissi coins have a peculiar form. Kissi's distinctive shape is an iron rod...

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