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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;kevin McGonigal, post: 5143593, member: 72790&quot;]That&#039;s a good question. My initial response is to say, no. they did not, at least none that I am aware of. I would guess that the Germanics, until they occupied and had to rule conquered Roman lands, had no need for coins as currency within their tribal settings. Sure, they wanted coinage, good silver coins but only as a source of metal for objects they valued such as jewelry, votive offerings, etc, but not as part of a monetary economy. The equivalent of taxes to their own rulers could be rendered in goods and services. If they needed to trade for Roman goods they had products to trade in return, slaves, amber, furs, etc. and if they did need cash for dealing with Roman merchants, their occasional barbarous knock-offs might pass muster as bullion. It sometimes comes as a surprise to us, but in the Ancient World, the Medieval world and today in some developing countries, barter has worked out just fine.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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