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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Sallent, post: 2764621, member: 76194&quot;]Here is a piece of ancient Chinese proto-money dating back to near 3,000 years ago. Some poor deer did not die in vain, for 3 millennia later he is still immortalized in a coin collection on the other side of the world, and shared on the internet. Not to mention he is now residing in beautiful south Florida. Bet he never thought he&#039;d get to crash all day in south Florida some day (well, a bone fragment of him if we want to get technical).</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]636138[/ATTACH]Western Zhou Dynasty</p><p>Deer bone cowrie-shell imitation</p><p>1046-771 BCE</p><p>O: Vertical cut through face, some horizontal scratches (cuts?)</p><p>R: Blank as made</p><p>Reference (?)</p><p><br /></p><p>I still dont have a reference for this, but I don&#039;t believe these shells were referenced in any catalog. Could be wrong.</p><p><br /></p><p>Please feel free to comment, correct me, post your own, etc.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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