[Oe List ...] {Spam?} Katanga crosses

[KroegerD at aol.com]

I saw these at the British Museum in London when they had a gallery devoted  
to currencies
 
In a message dated 10/18/2007 10:13:23 A.M. Central Daylight Time,  
walters at alaweb.com writes:

 
Katanga crosses.
 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/misscellania/1575211106/) 
_Katanga crosses_ (http://mcclungmuseum.utk.edu/objectmo/ob-9802.htm)  were  
used as currency in the copper mining region of what used to be Zaire, in  
Africa. They are made of copper and range from about a half-pound to 2.5  
popunds. They are also associated with ritual, as they were buried with the  dead. 
The crosses predate Christianity in the area, but missionaries adapted  the 
symbolism of the cross for their own purposes. _Katanga_ 
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katanga)  was an  independent nation for a brief period, from 1960-1963, 
during which time they  issued new national coins, francs, with a picture of 
the Katanga cross on  them! 

_http://mcclungmuseum.utk.edu/objectmo/ob-9802.htm_ 
(http://mcclungmuseum.utk.edu/objectmo/ob-9802.htm) 


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