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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TypeCoin971793, post: 3019641, member: 78244&quot;]That is why so many of the bone cowries have a green hue to them. They were often buried with bronze items or in brinze vessels.</p><p><br /></p><p>And given the value of cowries in ancient China, it is quite understandable how most people (except the wealthy, of course) would prefer to use cheap imitations rather than valuable genuine cowries. This practice of subsituting money with imitations made of a cheap material lasted for many hundreds of years. Lead coins are almost always burial coins (since lead was far less valuable than bronze) and I have seen some made out of clay. These would be used by the deceased in the afterlife to pay for averything they need.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>That first one came from me. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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