Important British and World Coins and Banknotes, Numismatic Books

Cameroon, Cameroon, Double Hoe money, Mfumte, iron, 65 x 24cm (cf. Quiggin p.73; Opitz pp.157-8; Schaedler p.327). In good condition (£90-120)

Semi-finished hoe blades were commodity currency units widely accepted in the agriculturally-based economies of the Congo basin. This double iron hoe money is a good example of a non-functional hoe used strictly as money or as the price of a bride