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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;scottishmoney, post: 1316844, member: 12789&quot;]I am careful to refer to my unusual stuff not as a coin, but as money.&nbsp; Coins to me are round, or typically scalloped in shape or with hole in them etc.&nbsp; Little dolphin shaped things, or these spear points - they were traded like money - but they are not coins.&nbsp; Katangan crosses, and Laotian tiger tongues are money, but not coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is coin though, my oldest very large sized piece:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://scottishmoney.net/bigcoins/ptolemyiv.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>This is Æ 46 of Ptolemy IV from ca 280-246 BC - very large cast coin that is comparable in size to Birmingham threepence token shown prior.&nbsp; I am guessing that after coin was cast, it was weighed then put in a planning device to shave off the extra weight - why there are dimples in centre of each side of piece.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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