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Magatama

A piece of jade or agate in the shape of a tiger's claw, and supposed to have been used as a primitive money in Japan. See Munro, Coins of Japan. 1904. (p. 5).


Source: Frey's Dictionary (American Journal of Numismatics, Vol. 50, 1916)
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