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title: Brass Manilla Currency
author: The British Museum
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/10354/brass-manilla-currency/
format: machine-readable-alternate
updated: 1970-01-01
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# Brass Manilla Currency
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## Image File
[](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/10354.jpg)
## Image Caption
A cast brass manilla from Nigeria, used as a currency in the [kingdom of Benin](https://www.worldhistory.org/Kingdom_of_Benin/) (13th-19th century CE) and other West African states. Width: 6 cms. (British Museum, London)
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Museum, T. B. (2019, April 02). Brass Manilla Currency. *World History Encyclopedia*.
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