PugJesus@lemmy.worldM to Historical Artifacts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 days agoStrangely shaped coin of King George IV of Georgia, 1210 ADlemmy.worldexternal-linkmessage-square16fedilinkarrow-up177
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minus-squareuservoid1@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·edit-29 days agoThey made them look like this on purpose. Silver was too expensive for daily trade, so they minted weird shaped money with cheap metal to be used as credit tokens. [source] https://laralfabian.com/2015/07/24/odd-bronzes-of-the-golden-age/
minus-squareCris@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·9 days agoOh neat! Thank you for sharing more info ☺️
minus-squareBuddahriffic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·9 days agoBut wouldn’t those odd shapes jam up their vending machines and pay phones?
They made them look like this on purpose. Silver was too expensive for daily trade, so they minted weird shaped money with cheap metal to be used as credit tokens. [source]
https://laralfabian.com/2015/07/24/odd-bronzes-of-the-golden-age/
Oh neat! Thank you for sharing more info ☺️
Pretty cool, thank you
But wouldn’t those odd shapes jam up their vending machines and pay phones?