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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;scottishmoney, post: 4974558, member: 12789&quot;]For me &quot;money&quot; encompasses a lot more than just a &quot;coin&quot;, 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.&nbsp; Also referred to as a &quot;tamlung&quot; or tiger tongue money.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1195446[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Swedish 4 daler from King Frederick&#039;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>

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