Jasper County Democrat, Volume 2, Number 51, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 March 1900 — Gold Rings as Currency. [ARTICLE]

Gold Rings as Currency.

It is interesting to note that the early Egyptian custom of paying gold in the form of rings has not entirely died out in Africa at the present day, and that English merchants trading with the Kongo are quite accustomed to receiving gold in the form of rings, frequently ornamented with the signs of the zodiac in relief.