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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Matthew Peak, post: 2533217, member: 81433&quot;]I was shopping at thrift store and bought a few coins from the guy. One of the coins he had that I passed on, he called an &quot;eight.&quot; it was an old silver coin, (denomination, year, &amp; country of origin unknown) that had been cut into a triangle shape. He proceeded to tell me that &quot;back in the day&quot; people cut these coins into parsels and spent them according to silver weight. He said, &quot; there were whole coins, 3/4s, 1/2s, 1/4s, and 1/8s (which is what he had for $20). I was wondering if anyone had ever heard of this. Did people used to cut coins with hammer and chisel to spend as silver weight? Sorry, I took no pictures.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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