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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;svessien, post: 5390051, member: 15481&quot;]I think this is a symptom of how all- encompassing state power has become. Some find this good, others find it frightening. Again, it comes down to trust.</p><p><br /></p><p>In my area of Northern Europe, copper was quite plentiful (a copper mine nearby even supplied the Statue of Liberty with copper). Silver, however, was as absent as a central government. I’m sure copper was used to barter, but I can understand the lack of trust in anything but bullion value when it comes to bronze and copper, for the part of the vikings.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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