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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Tejas, post: 7447942, member: 84905&quot;]Very interesting. I believe that these bronze imitations were the products of local Roman craftsmen, who were hired to produce coins in order to alleviate a temporary shortage of bronze coins. Often these coins were later countermarked to indicate that they were acceptable currency.</p><p><br /></p><p>In contrast, Germanic tribesmen outside the Roman empire had no interest in bronze coins. At best they used bronze coins (or coins in general) as raw material for tools or jewelry, but they had no need to make such coins themselves.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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