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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TypeCoin971793, post: 2748328, member: 78244&quot;]You know things are crazy when you are tagged three times in the same thread.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>My definition of a &quot;coin&quot; is an object issued by a governmental authority for the expressed use as a means to exchange for goods and services (read, &quot;money&quot;). Spade and knife coins were issued by the various governments under the Zhou Dynasty (and later the Zhou figurehead) as only a monetary good. The spades were not good for anything other than being used as money since all functionality as farming tools had been stripped. They often had a mark of issuing authority (name of mint/city/state/issuer/etc.). The only way that they do not fit in your definition of a &quot;coin&quot; is their shape, and I find that highly discriminatory. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Cowries, imitations, bridge money, fish money, lotus money, shield money, etc. are all considered proto money and not coins because they were all privately minted, have no markings, and have no established value. There is also no clear evidence (except for cowries) that they were used as money, and were instead probably used as funerary items.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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