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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 202001, member: 112&quot;]Yes Aidan they were intended for use as money. However, the distinction is that they were <u>not</u> intended to be used as money in the country of their manufacture, they were soley inteneded to be used to pay for trade goods in other nations. They were not intended to circulate as money - that&#039;s the distinction and it is also the similarity to the more modern bullion coinage.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now some may say that modern bullion coins are not used as money. I will say horsepuckey, they are. I personally do it myself. No I do not walk into a store and spend them at face value, but I have and do spend them just like the older trade coins were spent to pay for goods received. Granted, I am the exception as few would ever do that. But I do, and if I can do it so can others. And that makes them money.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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