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<p>[QUOTE="+VGO.DVCKS, post: 4287777, member: 110504"]Many thanks for this post, and the whole thread. It was all news to me. Almost could make you nostalgic for the Vikings, with their remarkably sophisticated and wide-ranging trade network, despite having had a pre-monetary economy up to the end of the 10th century. (Thank you, with exceptions, notably in the English Danelaw.) Which is how you get the phenomenon of 'hacksilver,' in which silver coins and jewelry were cut into whatever weight that was called for in a given transaction. You can see this, mostly with jewelry, for instance, in the Cuerdale Hoard (UK). But the same thing happened with coins, especially in the east, from Kievan Rus' to Scandinavia. This wasn't the same thing as medieval English cut pennies; weight was effectively the only operant criterion.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1091433[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1091434[/ATTACH]Samanid dirham, from Muslim central Asia (centered in modern Afghanistan), c. early 10th century ACE.</p><p>(That's all I know; help from someone who was literate would be cordially welcome. Except that the dealer, lubicher on US ebay, is in Estonia. Can't guarantee that was the find spot, but it's smack in the middle between Sweden and the northern part of Kievan Rus'. I found another one on UK ebay that had been found in Gloucester, and others --not many-- are recorded from York.)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="+VGO.DVCKS, post: 4287777, member: 110504"]Many thanks for this post, and the whole thread. It was all news to me. Almost could make you nostalgic for the Vikings, with their remarkably sophisticated and wide-ranging trade network, despite having had a pre-monetary economy up to the end of the 10th century. (Thank you, with exceptions, notably in the English Danelaw.) Which is how you get the phenomenon of 'hacksilver,' in which silver coins and jewelry were cut into whatever weight that was called for in a given transaction. You can see this, mostly with jewelry, for instance, in the Cuerdale Hoard (UK). But the same thing happened with coins, especially in the east, from Kievan Rus' to Scandinavia. This wasn't the same thing as medieval English cut pennies; weight was effectively the only operant criterion. [ATTACH=full]1091433[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1091434[/ATTACH]Samanid dirham, from Muslim central Asia (centered in modern Afghanistan), c. early 10th century ACE. (That's all I know; help from someone who was literate would be cordially welcome. Except that the dealer, lubicher on US ebay, is in Estonia. Can't guarantee that was the find spot, but it's smack in the middle between Sweden and the northern part of Kievan Rus'. I found another one on UK ebay that had been found in Gloucester, and others --not many-- are recorded from York.)[/QUOTE]
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