Leather coins Publique Deposited
- Stamped leather was used by the Romans - perhaps as entire skins or pelts. Nations have used leather coins as necessity money. It was done in China during the Yuan Dynasty. In 1241 CE the Emperor Frederick II issued leather coins in a 7-month seige, later exchanged for gold. During the long siege of Tyre, Doge Domenigo Michieli ran out of money and had leather coins struck and issued to his troops. Coin die images stamped onto disks of cowhide are leather coins and not a simple bartering medium.
- Numiscadero Spanish to English Glossary (Gary Beals)