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• Auction House:
  Leski Auctions
• Sale Name:
  Decorative Arts & Collectables
• Sale Date:
  26 Mar 2022 ~ 10am (AEDT) - Session 1: Lots 1 - 837
  27 Mar 2022 ~ 10am (AEDT) - Session 2: Lots 838 - 1531
• Lot #:
  1272
• Lot Description:
  TIGER TONGUE CURRENCY: silver ingot ‘lats’
  (2, weighing 106gr and 124gr respectively), plus two smaller copper alloy examples, used mid-1300s until late 19th century in the Mekong Valley from Southern Yunnan to the Cambodian border; plus a Burma/Northern Thailand silver ‘Nan Tok’ (weight 60gr) with characteristic golden colouring to one side, caused by impurities; early-mid 1800s; also literature ‘Curious Currency’ by Robert Leonard, and ‘An Ethnographic Study of Traditional Money’ by Charles Opitz. (7 items)
• Estimate:
  A$300 - 500
• Realised Price:
  $0.00
• Category:
  Tribal

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