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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2177438, member: 19463&quot;]I believe what worries me is that the mindset that requires metal of value in a coin to approximate the value of the coin in commerce would be hard pressed to accept a small scrap of inferior metal for real cash unless required to do so by the authorities.&nbsp;&nbsp; That would mean the coins should be marked as valued and official. This was the case when the US issued the first small copper cents to replace the obviously superior copper nickel cents which were better in metal than large cents so they could be smaller.&nbsp; Tokens, hard times or CW were just private versions of the real thing made just like the government issue.&nbsp; If the lead things were required substitutes for copper coins, I would expect something on them to suggest that failure to accept them would be against the emperor&#039;s orders.&nbsp; Therefore, if they are money, it would seem they might be small change.&nbsp; Was there need enough for circulating coin at a fraction of the smallest official coin?&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Since the best answer seems to be &quot;don&#039;t know&quot; I have to wonder what could change that would clue us in on the secret.&nbsp; At least Egypt has a few million scraps of papyrus that could include a hint or two.&nbsp; Thanks for the link.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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