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Madagascar?
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I have recently bought a cut 8 reales, and the coin dealer said that it was used on Madagascar, but I can't find any reference to this coin. The coin can be seen he Front side: http://www.flickr.com/photos/5181285...in/photostream Back side: http://www.flickr.com/photos/5181285...n/photostream/ Can anyone help with any further information? Best regards Erik |
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Madagascar?
On 19-Apr-2011, pindborg wrote: Hi I have recently bought a cut 8 reales, and the coin dealer said that it was used on Madagascar, but I can't find any reference to this coin. The coin can be seen he Front side: http://www.flickr.com/photos/5181285...in/photostream Back side: http://www.flickr.com/photos/5181285...n/photostream/ Can anyone help with any further information? Best regards Erik Doesn't look like it was cut for use in commerce, cut to get the royal portrait. As for Madagascar these went all over the world. Probably the only coinage never to be debased, save ours. |
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On Apr 19, 1:04*pm, pindborg wrote:
Hi I have recently bought a cut 8 reales, and the coin dealer said that it was used on Madagascar, but I can't find any reference to this coin. The coin can be seen he Front side:http://www.flickr.com/photos/5181285...in/photostream Back side:http://www.flickr.com/photos/5181285...n/photostream/ Can anyone help with any further information? Best regards Erik A couple of references are Paul Einzig, Primitive Money in its ethnological, historical and economic aspects (London, 1949, also a second edition which I do not have), p. 135, and M. L. Muhleman, Monetary Systems of the World (New York, 1895), p. 102. Einzig writes, "Until comparatively recently the currency of Madagascar consisted of pieces of cut silver coins changing hands by weight. The standard coin was the Spanish dollar which was also a medium of exchange in an uncut form, especially in the ports. A very large proportion of the dollars that found their way to Madagascar were, however, cut into pieces by 'money brokers.' W. Ellis [Three Visits to Madagascar, London, 1859, p. 125], describing a market scene at Tamatave remarked: 'The money changers were busy cutting up dollars, half and quarter dollars and smaller pieces, cut silver valued by weight being the universal currency.'" Writing in 1895, Muhleman wrote, "'Cut coin' is largely used for divisions [of the dollar]..." Neither of these books is illustrated. Since the cut money passed by weight, it was not divided cleanly into halves, quarters, etc. and your piece looks like a good candidate for an example from Madagascar. Did the dealer say how he knew it was from there? Robert Leonard |
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On 20 Apr., 16:11, Bob wrote:
On Apr 19, 1:04*pm, pindborg wrote: Hi I have recently bought a cut 8 reales, and the coin dealer said that it was used on Madagascar, but I can't find any reference to this coin. The coin can be seen he Front side:http://www.flickr.com/photos/5181285...in/photostream Back side:http://www.flickr.com/photos/5181285...n/photostream/ Can anyone help with any further information? Best regards Erik A couple of references are Paul Einzig, Primitive Money in its ethnological, historical and economic aspects (London, 1949, also a second edition which I do not have), p. 135, and M. L. Muhleman, Monetary Systems of the World (New York, 1895), p. 102. *Einzig writes, "Until comparatively recently the currency of Madagascar consisted of pieces of cut silver coins changing hands by weight. *The standard coin was the Spanish dollar which was also a medium of exchange in an uncut form, especially in the ports. *A very large proportion of the dollars that found their way to Madagascar were, however, cut into pieces by 'money brokers.' W. Ellis [Three Visits to Madagascar, London, 1859, p. 125], describing a market scene at Tamatave remarked: 'The money changers were busy cutting up dollars, half and quarter dollars and smaller pieces, cut silver valued by weight being the universal currency.'" *Writing in 1895, Muhleman wrote, "'Cut coin' is largely used for divisions [of the dollar]..." Neither of these books is illustrated. *Since the cut money passed by weight, it was not divided cleanly into halves, quarters, etc. and your piece looks like a good candidate for an example from Madagascar. *Did the dealer say how he knew it was from there? Robert Leonard No he did not say where he had it from, but he told me that he had found the reference to the coin in a french book by Lecompte. I got the book and found a description that eight reales reales were cut for use on the island, but no pictures or illustrations were included. The dealer I bought the coin from is very respectable (one of the best here in Denmark), and he also told that he recently had got two of these, and the previous was sold a couple a weeks ago. The information that you Robert have provided are good, and I thank you for it. Best regards Erik |
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