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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bert Gedin, post: 3109840, member: 92556&quot;]Pellinore, in saying &quot;That is not a coin&quot;, you don&#039;t know what you&#039;re talking about. If you haven&#039;t the foggiest idea, it&#039;s better to say nothing. - &quot;The gold bracteates were made mainly in the 5th to 7th century AD, and they conveyed both the sophisticated taste and high social status of their owners, who wore them as fine jewellery and hoarded them as treasure.&quot; - &quot;Bracteates were issued for local circulation, but they never achieved acceptance in economically developed regions. The decline of the bracteates as the main coinage and short-lived coins, in general, depended on developing economies, growing cities and increased local and inter-regional trade.&quot;</p><p>Certainly, bracteates are curious types of coins, which don&#039;t fit into conventional ideas of &quot;coins&quot;. But because they are different is no reason to dismiss them as junk. And, don&#039;t forget - they were made of gold !!![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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