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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;chrisild, post: 3522545, member: 39&quot;]In Europe, copper coins were made and used by the ancient Romans but not really in the Middle Ages. Local trade was not so much money based, bartering was more common there. As far as I know, copper was used for coins again in the 17th century - very roughly, not sure about the timing.</p><p><br /></p><p>When and where &quot;low value&quot; silver coins were used in (again roughly) the 12th to 14th century, they were mostly bracteates. Very thin, designed on one side only - and they did not necessarily have a long life for other reasons too: The rulers would, more or less regularly, declare old pieces invalid (<i>renovatio monetae). </i>You could turn them in and get - fewer - new ones instead, thus paying a kind of tax ...</p><p><br /></p><p>Christian[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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