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China - Stone with Tortoise Shell Engraving … doesn't imitate a cowrie shell but rather the shell of a turtle … Chinese divining method of heating tortoise shells and throwing them in water to divine … Moneta May 3, 2022

Cowrie made of Shell … made of other types of shell. This appears to be a piece of mother … pearl type shell that may come from an abalone shell. These appear … Moneta Sep 8, 2007

Rome - Aes Formatum Cockle Shell - ca. 5th-3rd centuries BCE … other, larger, Aes Formatum cockle shell shown here in the Moneta Museum, but this … form of a cockle shell. Thurlow & Vecchi p. 20. From the Salassi III Collection … Moneta Jun 26, 2023

CHINA - Mother of Pearl Shell Cowrie This is a repaired shell cowrie, there's probably no telling what sort … shell it is, maybe a bit of abalone. It's 23 mm x 16mm … Moneta May 25, 2021

China - Round & Domed Shell Imitation Cowrie … Hartill # 1.2 (except shell rather than bone). Moneta Library has articles on Cowries … back in time decorative sea shells were important to prehistoric … Moneta May 3, 2022

China - Shell imitation cowrie … Collection. Another example of a shell imitation cowrie of the usual thin type, here … form the mouth. Hartill 1.2 (except shell rather than bone … Moneta May 3, 2022

Rome - Scallop Shell Aes Formatum ~ 400 BCE … form of a scallop shell, very nice example, Choice VF. Fifth-century BC Rome … Moneta May 6, 2022

China - Mother of Pearl Shell Imitation Cowrie … imitation cowrie (C. Moneta) made of shell. Hartill doesn't detail all the classification … Moneta May 3, 2022

Ghana - 20 Cedis 1995 Cowrie Shell Moneta Feb 15, 2022

Seychelles Islands - Rupee 1976 Triton shell Moneta Feb 5, 2022

Cypraea moneta cowrie- fresh (now Monetaria moneta) … example of ancient Chinese cowrie shell money. It is an example of what … world over have coveted sea shells as items of decoration, trade items … Moneta Sep 8, 2007

Zhou Silver covered Cowrie … silvered bronze imitation cowrie shell money, usual encrustation, EF, ex Dr. Dirk Löer Collection … Cowrie shells, in Chinese called bèi, were used as money probably since around … Moneta Mar 19, 2023

Chinese Cowries - holed … using the C. moneta & C. annulus shells as a medium of exchange then drilling … action with ancient Chinese shell money! Moneta Library has articles on Cowries to VIEW … Moneta Sep 8, 2007

Bronze Cowrie Tree - China … excercised in order to remove the shells from the sprue without damage. Some copper/bronze … shells should show evidence of having been removed from a sprue … Moneta Sep 8, 2007

Bronze Cowry (or Cowrie) of Ancient China … bronze in the form of cowry shells long before. Even when the metal cowries … form of a sea shell the image of an animal? The Chinese went … Moneta Sep 8, 2007

Ancient Stone carved cowrie - Chinese … Chinese came in contact with cowrie shells for the first time. Since these cowries … such as a mint; with cowrie shells, this was not the case. Hence, they … Moneta Sep 8, 2007

Ancient Chinese Gold covered Bronze Cowrie … gold leaf covered bronze cowry shell of ancient China. These are not completely understood … back in time decorative sea shells were important to prehistoric … Moneta Apr 3, 2016

China - Green Bone imitation cowrie, encased … states "Pre-Qin [dynasty] Shanxi Bone Shell." This … back in time decorative sea shells were important to prehistoric … Moneta Apr 6, 2024

China - Oval lead cowrie … actually, cowrie teeth are under the shell … back in time decorative sea shells were important to prehistoric … Moneta May 30, 2021

CHINA - Green Jade Imitation Cowrie - Ex. Detroit Money Museum … examples of imitation cowrie shells that were previously in the Nate S Shapiro Collection … back in time decorative sea shells were important to prehistoric … Moneta May 24, 2021

Ceramic Clay Cowrie … natural cowrie shell were widely used as a form of primitive money or grave … back in time decorative sea shells were important to prehistoric … Moneta Jun 30, 2012

Ghost Face of Ancient China … have been proposed, the latter meaning 'shell', so that seems plausible. This … back in time decorative sea shells were important to prehistoric … Moneta Sep 9, 2007

Solid Silver Cowrie -China … attains the form of a shell, if not exactly the cowry. If authentic, this … back in time decorative sea shells were important to prehistoric … Moneta Sep 8, 2007

British India Rupee - 1878 … however. As is well known, cowrie shells were used in Africa as an equivalent … Uganda, in 1895, 200 cowrie shells were equivalent to one rupee of British India … Moneta Nov 26, 2006