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<p>[QUOTE="eparch, post: 5483827, member: 89211"]Here are the rings</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1bSOgnl14Y4/YAiJnA-Z_-I/AAAAAAADP5M/uesWwf2mFe89Tov5QoTNjeSYuQPrywuYACLcBGAsYHQ/s1000/money-02.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1bSOgnl14Y4/YAiJnA-Z_-I/AAAAAAADP5M/uesWwf2mFe89Tov5QoTNjeSYuQPrywuYACLcBGAsYHQ/s1000/money-02.jpg" rel="nofollow"><img src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1bSOgnl14Y4/YAiJnA-Z_-I/AAAAAAADP5M/uesWwf2mFe89Tov5QoTNjeSYuQPrywuYACLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h426/money-02.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p><i>Rings (Osenringen) [Credit: M.H.G. Kuijpers]</i></p><p><br /></p><p>They found that even though the objects' weights varied, around 70% of the rings were similar enough to have been indistinguishable by hand (averaging about 195 grams), as were subsets of the ribs and axe blade</p><p><br /></p><p>The authors suggest that this consistent similarity in shape and weight, along with the fact that these objects often occurred in hoards, are signs of their use as an early form of standardized currency. Later, in the Middle Bronze Age of Europe, more precise weighing tools appear in the archaeological record along with an increase in scrap bronze, pointing to a developed system of weighing.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The authors add: "The euros of Prehistory came in the form of bronze rings, ribs and axes. These Early Bronze Age artefacts were standardized in shape and weight and used as an early form of money."[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="eparch, post: 5483827, member: 89211"]Here are the rings [URL='https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1bSOgnl14Y4/YAiJnA-Z_-I/AAAAAAADP5M/uesWwf2mFe89Tov5QoTNjeSYuQPrywuYACLcBGAsYHQ/s1000/money-02.jpg'][IMG]https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1bSOgnl14Y4/YAiJnA-Z_-I/AAAAAAADP5M/uesWwf2mFe89Tov5QoTNjeSYuQPrywuYACLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h426/money-02.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [I]Rings (Osenringen) [Credit: M.H.G. Kuijpers][/I] They found that even though the objects' weights varied, around 70% of the rings were similar enough to have been indistinguishable by hand (averaging about 195 grams), as were subsets of the ribs and axe blade The authors suggest that this consistent similarity in shape and weight, along with the fact that these objects often occurred in hoards, are signs of their use as an early form of standardized currency. Later, in the Middle Bronze Age of Europe, more precise weighing tools appear in the archaeological record along with an increase in scrap bronze, pointing to a developed system of weighing. The authors add: "The euros of Prehistory came in the form of bronze rings, ribs and axes. These Early Bronze Age artefacts were standardized in shape and weight and used as an early form of money."[/QUOTE]
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