Cast coinage
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Cast coinage refers to coins made by pouring melted metal into a mold, i.e. casting. It has been used for regular coins, particularly in the Far East, but also on a smaller scale. (e.g.: the ancient Mediterranean world.) The method differs from the current mode of coin production, which is done by striking coin blanks that have been cut out of metal sheets. The method has also been used by forgers.
Far Eastern cash coins
Traditional Far Eastern cast coins—so-called 'cash coins'—are the most famous example of cast coinage, and were issued from the 4th century BCE to about 1912 CE, predominantly in bronze, brass or iron. Traditional Far Eastern coins were generally cast base metal coins, although silver and gold bars were also manufactured, e.g. Chinese sycee, Japanese obans and kobans, and Vietnamese lang and tien.
Celtic Britain
Cast potins circulated in Kent from around 100BC to around 50BC.[1][2][3] Somewhere between 1 and 100AD cast broze coins were produced Dorset with archaeological evidence pointing towards Hengistbury Head as the source.[4]
Roman Britain
Around 200AD cast copies silver denarii were produced in a number of areas of Britain.[5] While these may have been straightforward forgeries the context in which some of the moulds have been found suggest there may have been at least some elements of semi officialdom.[5]
References
- ↑ De Jersey, Philip (1996). Celtic Coinage in Britain. Shire Publications. p. 20. ISBN 0-7478-0325-0.
- ↑ De Jersey, Philip (1996). Celtic Coinage in Britain. Shire Publications. p. 21. ISBN 0-7478-0325-0.
- ↑ De Jersey, Philip (1996). Celtic Coinage in Britain. Shire Publications. p. 14. ISBN 0-7478-0325-0.
- ↑ De Jersey, Philip (1996). Celtic Coinage in Britain. Shire Publications. p. 43. ISBN 0-7478-0325-0.
- 1 2 Chorney, Dom (14 November 2014). "Coining in Roman Britain Part 3: Counterfeiting". Coins at Warwick. University of Warwick. Retrieved 17 November 2015.