Category:Namfisuru (gold weight)

The Namfisuru (Namfisuru (a) + (b)) is a historical gold weight of the Akan in Ghana and the Ivory Coast for the weighing of gold dust.

Regional name variants:

• Anamfisuru (a) + (b)
• Nsano (h) + (i)
• Nsano ne soafa
• Nsano suwafa
• Nnomanu (f)
• Tra (c), Tara, Tarae
• Talae, Telanye
• Tranye, Tranyi

The name "Namfisuru" means in the Twi-language "a half Namfi".

Theoretical weight:

- 7.2 g (Garrard)

Real weight:

- 7.0 g (Inventory number MHNT.ETH.2010.25.017 in the "Muséum de Toulouse" (Figure of a stylized scorpion)

- 7.2 g (Inventory number MHNT.ETH.2010.25.045 in the "Muséum de Toulouse") (Figure of a mask representing a bovid)

- 7.5 g (Inventory number MHNT.ETH.2010.25.186 in the "Muséum de Toulouse") (Ingot-shaped figure with number symbolism, line - patterned)

Value equivalents:

1 Namfisuru = 49 Ba (Abel)

240 Taku = 360 Ba = 40 Ackies (Abel)

(1 Ounce = 16 Ackies (European trade))