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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;stainless, post: 871191, member: 11757&quot;]Okay all, I found some more info on the gold piece:</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&quot; The extroardanary and puzzling fact about these cut gold pieces is that no complete coin has ever been found. Furthermore, it is not clear what their function may have been. Metcalf has conjectured that they may have been used as offering pieces by pilgrims.&quot;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Jaroslav Folda, Crusader Art in the Holy Land, From the Third Crusade to the Fall of the Acre, 1187-1291. PP 84</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>stainless[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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