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<p>[QUOTE="scottishmoney, post: 4974558, member: 12789"]For me "money" encompasses a lot more than just a "coin", I have several numismatic items that were made to circulate as a medium of exchange that are not coins - even though they were made of metal:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1195440[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>These cast dolphin pieces were used in ancient Olbiya/Skythia in what is now Ukraine during the 6th-5th BCE.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1195441[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>This is a mid 19th century Katanga cross that was used as money in what is now the Congo and Zaire in southern Africa.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1195445[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>A piece of boat or canoe money from Laos, ca the 16th century in silver. Also referred to as a "tamlung" or tiger tongue money.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1195446[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Swedish 4 daler from King Frederick's reign minted in 1731 - due to a shortage of silver and an abundance of copper Sweden elected to mint these ridiculously sized pieces of money until 1768, and they were circulated until 1776.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="scottishmoney, post: 4974558, member: 12789"]For me "money" encompasses a lot more than just a "coin", I have several numismatic items that were made to circulate as a medium of exchange that are not coins - even though they were made of metal: [ATTACH=full]1195440[/ATTACH] These cast dolphin pieces were used in ancient Olbiya/Skythia in what is now Ukraine during the 6th-5th BCE. [ATTACH=full]1195441[/ATTACH] This is a mid 19th century Katanga cross that was used as money in what is now the Congo and Zaire in southern Africa. [ATTACH=full]1195445[/ATTACH] A piece of boat or canoe money from Laos, ca the 16th century in silver. Also referred to as a "tamlung" or tiger tongue money. [ATTACH=full]1195446[/ATTACH] Swedish 4 daler from King Frederick's reign minted in 1731 - due to a shortage of silver and an abundance of copper Sweden elected to mint these ridiculously sized pieces of money until 1768, and they were circulated until 1776.[/QUOTE]
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