Ethnographic Arms & Armour - View Single Post - Indonesia Java Ancient Primitive Iron Ingot Money?

A. G. Maisey · 3rd April 2011, 11:24 PM

I reckon ebay is a wonderful source of information.

I never ever knew these little iron balls were money.

I haven't seen any for a while, so I guess they've all been bought up by coin collectors. I used to see them frequently in the markets in Solo and Jogja, and the sellers always said that they were for good luck, in other words, they were sold as talismans. I've got a heap of them somewhere, you used to be able to buy them for almost nothing.

Never knew they were made from keris either.

Like I said:- ebay is a real good source of info. Maybe even better than Wikipedia.

3rd April 2011, 11:24 PM	#5
A. G. Maisey Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 6,991	I reckon ebay is a wonderful source of information. I never ever knew these little iron balls were money. I haven't seen any for a while, so I guess they've all been bought up by coin collectors. I used to see them frequently in the markets in Solo and Jogja, and the sellers always said that they were for good luck, in other words, they were sold as talismans. I've got a heap of them somewhere, you used to be able to buy them for almost nothing. Never knew they were made from keris either. Like I said:- ebay is a real good source of info. Maybe even better than Wikipedia.