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Bar currency "Dubils" Yoruba
| Issuer | Yoruba People (West Africa) |
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| Composition | Iron |
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| Obverse description | Entirely anepigraphic. The obverse presents a plain, unworked iron surface exhibiting the characteristic twisted and textured appearance of a hand-forged bar currency. The surface is irregular and undulating along its length, with no intentional design, inscription, or decorative element of any kind. |
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| Reverse description | Entirely anepigraphic. The reverse, like the obverse, is devoid of any inscription, legend, or deliberate ornamentation. The iron bar displays a rough, twisted surface consistent with traditional West African iron currency manufacture, terminating at each end in a slightly flattened or knobbed terminal, characteristic of the Yoruba dubils type. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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