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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Robidoux Pass, post: 3390603, member: 96691&quot;]When I lived in Chad (Central Africa) in the 1970s, MTTs were still used in trade.&nbsp; I used to pick up some nice ones from the money changers in the local markets as they would have many I could sort through. They served as my &quot;local coin store&quot;&nbsp; -- mat on the sand and poles supporting a mat above to provide some shelter from the sun.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I recommend the book by Hafner as the best source for identifying the originals and also the various later mints; I have successfully used it.&nbsp; Supposedly there may be a new book on the subject coming out but I haven&#039;t heard anything in a couple of years.</p><p><br /></p><p>The website given by [USER=81991]@alurid[/USER] above, <a href="http://www.theresia.name/en/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.theresia.name/en/" rel="nofollow">http://www.theresia.name/en/</a>, is excellent and even presents many of the Hafner numbers.&nbsp; This website will go a long way toward helping one to identify the various &quot;varieties.&quot;&nbsp; I was not previously aware of this website, so I thank alurid for pointing it out.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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