Penniform gold barter rings
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Visual materialSubject(s): Currency (Coins, bank notes, paper money) | 1971 | 8th-14th century | amrt | barter | cebu | commerce | currency | earrings | leyte | luzon | money | tantoco | trade | visayasOnline resources: View photo (midsize) | View photo (thumbnail) | View in Retrato website General Note(s): The small, uninscribed gold piece, shaped like a ring about half an inch in diameter, was one of the earliest forms of currency in the Philippines. It was used in barter around the 8th-14th centuries. Used in barter and similar to a penny in its circular form, this was known as a penniform gold barter ring. The pieces shown here vary in size and thickness; some are hollow, others solid,and a few mere gold foils. Some of them may have been used as earrings. The bigger rings were recovered in Cebu and Leyte, the rest in Laguna and RizalImage type: Original
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Filipinas Heritage Library | Retrato - Specific Subjects | SS00229 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Not for loan | SS00229 |
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The small, uninscribed gold piece, shaped like a ring about half an inch in diameter, was one of the earliest forms of currency in the Philippines. It was used in barter around the 8th-14th centuries. Used in barter and similar to a penny in its circular form, this was known as a penniform gold barter ring. The pieces shown here vary in size and thickness; some are hollow, others solid,and a few mere gold foils. Some of them may have been used as earrings. The bigger rings were recovered in Cebu and Leyte, the rest in Laguna and Rizal,
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