Bundle of 10 Kissi pennies 07.01.390
Presumably, Kissi money was ‘minted’ as from the 1880s by native blacksmiths who used iron smelted from the rich ore in the region.
If an iron rod would accidentally break, the soul escapes an iit could no longer circulate. Its value could only be restored by the Zoe, the traditional witchdoctor – often the blacksmith – who, for a fee, would rejoin the broken pieces and reincarnate the escaped soul. Therefore, it was said that Kissi money was "money with a soul". The Quinzé had also the function of transporting the sou of the dead person the forest of the dead.
