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Message:: [QUOTE="Clinker, post: 1297905, member: 6229"]You are a Numismatist if you　collect currencystudy currency　Numismatics has several subdivisions:　Coins(its subdivisions)CirculatedsinglessetsUncirculatedsinglessetsProofsinglessetsCommemorativessinglesCirculatedUncirculatedProofsetsCitculatedUncirculatedProof　Notaphilly(its subdivisions):Paper Money(its subdivisions):Federal NotesBanknotesTreasury NotesSilver CertificatesGold CertificatesOther Product CertificatesCoinsRiceWineDemand NotesFractional currencyScript　Scripophily(its subdivisions):StocksBonds　Exunomia (its subdivisions):TokensMedalsMedallionsElongated CoinsEncased CoinsBadgesWooden NickelsCredit CardsSo Called DollarsBracteatesJetons　What are Bracteates?　They are not coins.　Bracteates are thin metal coin-like pieces of jewelry created during the Period of the Great Migration in the southern countries of Scandinavia and Northern Germany. Maybe good luck charm would be a more appropiate description for they were considered magical or spiritual in nature (similar to runes or shamrocks). Most were composed of silver or gold, but a few surviving relics had met the strength of a coppersmith's or bronzesmith's hammer.　As coinage became the instrument of trade and commerce, Bracteates (having an intrinsic value) were used as currency.　Want to see a few Bracteates?　(coinarchives.com photos):　<a href="http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=1082583&AucID=998&Lot=83&Val=bf8d99ab4682f8348a7aa3f6dcc5c2eb" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=1082583&AucID=998&Lot=83&Val=bf8d99ab4682f8348a7aa3f6dcc5c2eb" rel="nofollow">http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=1082583&AucID=998&Lot=83&Val=bf8d99ab4682f8348a7aa3f6dcc5c2eb</a>　<a href="http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=1082582&AucID=998&Lot=82&Val=dc3bcbb603ba9100e122e82222cd2099" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=1082582&AucID=998&Lot=82&Val=dc3bcbb603ba9100e122e82222cd2099" rel="nofollow">http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=1082582&AucID=998&Lot=82&Val=dc3bcbb603ba9100e122e82222cd2099</a>　<a href="http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=1082586&AucID=998&Lot=86&Val=04b55d3d0be0f3895ca8cc811c2e4cff" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=1082586&AucID=998&Lot=86&Val=04b55d3d0be0f3895ca8cc811c2e4cff" rel="nofollow">http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=1082586&AucID=998&Lot=86&Val=04b55d3d0be0f3895ca8cc811c2e4cff</a>　<a href="http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=1082589&AucID=998&Lot=89&Val=3d4e31a4df1ffb68bfb2e32ea8663f35" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=1082589&AucID=998&Lot=89&Val=3d4e31a4df1ffb68bfb2e32ea8663f35" rel="nofollow">http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=1082589&AucID=998&Lot=89&Val=3d4e31a4df1ffb68bfb2e32ea8663f35</a>　<a href="http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=1082590&AucID=998&Lot=90&Val=2fd1d9705bcabe5309d3a972c02b806c" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=1082590&AucID=998&Lot=90&Val=2fd1d9705bcabe5309d3a972c02b806c" rel="nofollow">http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=1082590&AucID=998&Lot=90&Val=2fd1d9705bcabe5309d3a972c02b806c</a>　Trade Gold Dinar Bracteate - 6th Century A.D.:　<a href="http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=1051129&AucID=974&Lot=1027&Val=ba1dcfd08d4d14b27615401e68f855bf" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=1051129&AucID=974&Lot=1027&Val=ba1dcfd08d4d14b27615401e68f855bf" rel="nofollow">http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=1051129&AucID=974&Lot=1027&Val=ba1dcfd08d4d14b27615401e68f855bf</a>　Zurich, Switzerland - Early 1300s:　<a href="http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=1079507&AucID=994&Lot=851&Val=f968ac93a58c962432c95b4706ce1009" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=1079507&AucID=994&Lot=851&Val=f968ac93a58c962432c95b4706ce1009" rel="nofollow">http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=1079507&AucID=994&Lot=851&Val=f968ac93a58c962432c95b4706ce1009</a>　<a href="http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=1079510&AucID=994&Lot=744&Val=1987b16b9bb4bdc17b3c47b579b1da95" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=1079510&AucID=994&Lot=744&Val=1987b16b9bb4bdc17b3c47b579b1da95" rel="nofollow">http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=1079510&AucID=994&Lot=744&Val=1987b16b9bb4bdc17b3c47b579b1da95</a>　Hope you enjoyed seeing this early form of currency...　Clinker[/QUOTE]

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