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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;rrdenarius, post: 2305635, member: 75525&quot;]I have a few cast coins with knuckle-bones on them. In addition, I have one bronze and one silvered knuckle-bone. Thanks to a package that arrived just before Christmas, I have one in lead and five in bone. It was sure nice of my wife to buy me these for Christmas (without knowing it).</p><p>[ATTACH=full]463818[/ATTACH]</p><p>from l to r: bronze ax or digging tool, top row - three bone pieces, bottom row - lead piece and two bone pieces.</p><p>When tossed (like dice), knuckle-bones can land on one of four different sides. They are not likely to land on the two rounded ends. All of the bone pieces have weights added. Two have weight on one of the smaller side. Two have weights on one of the larger side. One has weight extending from both of the larger sides. I am not sure how the weights change odds, but I bet someone knew at one time.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]463821[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]463822[/ATTACH]</p><p>This cast coin shows two of the larger sides of an Astragalus, or knuckle-bone.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]463823[/ATTACH]</p><p>The top pieces are the silvered and bronze knuckle-bones.</p><p>The bottom two are examples of the same cast coin one showing a shell, on the left, and a one showing a knuckle-bone, on the right.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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