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CHINA - Green Jade Imitation Cowrie - Ex. Detroit Money Museum … consisted of 19 examples of imitation cowrie shells that were previously in the Nate … Annulus) were so valuable that imitations were made to serve as money and grave … Moneta May 24, 2021

CHINA - Ancient Wood Imitation Cowrie - Ex. Detroit Money Museum … particularly happy to receive a wooden imitation cowrie in the Opitz collection. Someone posted … Annulus) were so valuable that imitations were made to serve as money and grave … Moneta May 24, 2021

China - Mother of Pearl Shell Imitation Cowrie … finer that this example of an imitation cowrie (C. Moneta) made of shell. Hartill … classification sub-types possible in the imitation cowrie series, so we'll go with … Moneta May 3, 2022

China - Green Bone Imitation Cowrie … Collection. Like natural cowries, green bone imitation types are rarely encountered when they were … First Money, Chinese Cowries and Their Imitations - by Ted Puls: /uploads/library/The%20Worlds%20Oldest%20Money … Moneta May 3, 2022

China - Lead imitation cowrie … First Money, Chinese Cowries and Their Imitations - by Ted Puls: /uploads/library/The%20Worlds%20Oldest%20Money … Moneta Apr 6, 2024

China - Green Bone imitation cowrie, encased … First Money, Chinese Cowries and Their Imitations - by Ted Puls: /uploads/library/The%20Worlds%20Oldest%20Money … Moneta Apr 6, 2024

China - Green Bone imitation cowrie … First Money, Chinese Cowries and Their Imitations - by Ted Puls: /uploads/library/The%20Worlds%20Oldest%20Money … Moneta Apr 6, 2024

China - Bronze Imitation Cowrie … Collection. Really nice bronze imitation cowries are scarcer than you might think. This … Moneta May 3, 2022

China - Green Jade imitation cowrie … First Money, Chinese Cowries and Their Imitations - by Ted Puls: /uploads/library/The%20Worlds%20Oldest%20Money … Moneta May 3, 2022

China - Stone carved imitation cowrie … Collection. Stone carved imitation cowries are rather common, however, here the maker incorporated … Moneta May 3, 2022

China - Round & Domed Shell Imitation Cowrie … First Money, Chinese Cowries and Their Imitations - by Ted Puls: /uploads/library/The%20Worlds%20Oldest%20Money … Moneta May 3, 2022

China - Shell imitation cowrie … Collection. Another example of a shell imitation cowrie of the usual thin type, here … Moneta May 3, 2022

China - Black Bone Imitation Cowrie … fine example of a black bone imitation cowrie. Hartill … Moneta May 3, 2022

China - Black Bone Imitation Cowrie … Collection. Here a well domed bone imitation cowrie has taken on the black characteristics … Moneta May 3, 2022

China - Green Stone or Jade Imitation Cowrie Moneta May 3, 2022

Justinian - Barbaric Imitation - Head left Moneta Dec 22, 2019

Slav's imitation of Islamic dirhem jumanji Dec 11, 2011

Jujid AE pul, local imitation of Janibek's pul jumanji Nov 27, 2011

Ancient Stone carved cowrie - Chinese … premier example of an imitation cowry. Every detail has been reproduced in an open … about 1350 BC, people began to imitate cowries from clay, bronze, or, like … Moneta Sep 8, 2007

CHINA or Thailand - Lead Cyprea Moneta Cowrie … Opitz Collection of imitation cowries presented here contained several lead cowries that were great … Annulus) were so valuable that imitations were made to serve as money and grave … Moneta May 25, 2021

Cypraea moneta cowrie- fresh (now Monetaria moneta) … attain such a value that imitations made of stone, jade, bone, and bronze came … best collection of cowries and their imitations on the Internet. You're welcome … Moneta Sep 8, 2007

Zhou Silver covered Cowrie … silvered bronze imitation cowrie shell money, usual encrustation, EF, ex Dr. Dirk Löer Collection … shells were impossible to counterfeit. Later imitations were made of various materials: bone, stone … Moneta Mar 19, 2023

China - Jade or Calcite Cowrie … Annulus) were so valuable that imitations were made to serve as money and grave … First Money, Chinese Cowries and Their Imitations - by Ted Puls: /uploads/library/The%20Worlds%20Oldest%20Money … Moneta May 30, 2021

White Huns - Hephthalite … Hephthalites conquered Bactria and issued imitations of Sasanian silver drachms of Shapur I, also … imitations of Kushanshahr gold coins. In southern and eastern Afghanistan we have Sasanian-style … Moneta Feb 23, 2014