Russia, Tea brick money, sheaf of oats with a sickle in the securing band, under canopy supported by decorated pillars, reverse eight panels each decorated with a horseshoe and monogram, four stalks of oats, 52 within ropework oval and Russian inscription below, 240 x 185mm. Slight chipping, otherwise in excellent state (£120-150)

Sold with photocopies of Qiggin, Primitive Money, p. 220-223, and an article by B.. Senior, SNC, 1964, p. 229, on tea brick money.