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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Pocket Change, post: 297954, member: 8012&quot;]<b>Kissi money</b></p><p><br /></p><p>I spent over 20 years in West Africa and there is a local money that was used in relatively recent times in Guinea by the KISSI people.&nbsp; Maybe that is what the other poster was talking about?</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is an e-bay link:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/GENUINE-PRIMITIVE-MONEY-2-KISSI-PENNY-TWISTS-PACKAGED_W0QQitemZ260021070891QQihZ016QQcategoryZ4171QQrdZ1QQssPageNameZWD1VQQcmdZViewItem" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://cgi.ebay.com/GENUINE-PRIMITIVE-MONEY-2-KISSI-PENNY-TWISTS-PACKAGED_W0QQitemZ260021070891QQihZ016QQcategoryZ4171QQrdZ1QQssPageNameZWD1VQQcmdZViewItem" rel="nofollow">http://cgi.ebay.com/GENUINE-PRIMITIVE-MONEY-2-KISSI-PENNY-TWISTS-PACKAGED_W0QQitemZ260021070891QQihZ016QQcategoryZ4171QQrdZ1QQssPageNameZWD1VQQcmdZViewItem</a></p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s not the best, but it&#039;s the only one I could find.</p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t actually have any of that money, but have a friend who got several of them as gifts.&nbsp; Very unusual money.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m kicking myself because I visited both of the Guineas in West Africa (Guinea and Guinea Bissau) several times, but I was not in the coin collecting mode at the time.&nbsp; I did manage to collect some notes and coins, but in a random fashion.</p><p><br /></p><p>I gotta believe that some of the money from Guinea Bissau before they converted to the CFA has got to be something to be cherry-picked by anyone who collects West African currency.&nbsp; Facinating country.&nbsp; And not well known.</p><p><br /></p><p>Ooops - just saw the previous post by jhonn!!!&nbsp; His link is GREAT for the Kissi Penny.&nbsp; I started this message and then spent some time researching, so didn&#039;t see his post.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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