Sombe, Ivory Coast
date: label: date made
content: n.d.
notes: label: Description
content: Sombe (or Sombie) are an iron bar currency from the Ivory Coast. Their market value was approximately a British penny in the early 20th century.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place used
content: Côte d'Ivoire
label: associated place
content: Côte d'Ivoire
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection
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content: West African Currency
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Benjamin Stack, Harvey G. Stack, and Norman Stack
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: NU.77.38.024
label: catalog number
content: 77.38.024
label: accession number
content: 1977.1211
objectType: label: Object Name
content: alternative currency
label: Object Name
content: Sombe
label: Object Name
content: Kissi Penny Sombe
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal, iron (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wrought, hammered,shaped (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2.2 cm x 2.12 cm; 7/8 in x 27/32 in