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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;chrisild, post: 290382, member: 39&quot;]Most square and rectangular coins were produced in times of emergency, like when a city was besieged and needed some &quot;interim&quot; means of payment. Such a coin is usually called a &quot;klippe&quot; - probaby a word of Swedish origin, referring to the &quot;clipping&quot; or cutting of the coins. Sometimes the entire surface was designed, sometimes round stamps were used. <a href="http://www.lvosl.de/lvosl/eigenprojekte/muenzuebergabe_klippe.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.lvosl.de/lvosl/eigenprojekte/muenzuebergabe_klippe.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://www.lvosl.de/lvosl/eigenprojekte/muenzuebergabe_klippe.jpg</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Another type of rectangular &quot;coins&quot; is the Swedish plåtmynt (plate money) - those were big and heavy copper pieces, up to roughly 30 x 60 cm ... Here <a href="http://www.geocities.com/scottishmoney/sweden/swedish.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.geocities.com/scottishmoney/sweden/swedish.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.geocities.com/scottishmoney/sweden/swedish.html</a> are some of those beasts.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>Christian[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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