About the same time when I got to know Bob Reis' website I also discovered Scott Semans World Coins. Scott has been a coin dealer since 1966, he specializes in Asian and African coins and "ethnograpgic ("primitive") money. I did not buy anything from Scott but I traded with him a book he wanted to have with a few auction catalogs that I needed badly to write my book (yet to be published, The Forgotten Tin Ring Currency of the Malay Peninsula). I later discovered that Scott has a few items of Ring Currency and Animal Currency in his collection. He was kind enough to sent me a scan these items.
I have not been in touch with Scott for quite some time but you can read about Malay Tin Monies on his website, see images of items and buy them depending on availability. I asked Scott whether he was willing to sell certain items in the scan he sent me but he declined. I was a bit disappointed for not being able to buy these items but at the same time happy to know that after many many years of having these items in his collection they are still not for sale hence indicating how valuable they are to him. Scott Seman is based in Issaquah, Washington, USA.
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