The weight of silver
In Viking times, the weight of the silver was what gave it its value. People could use neck rings as well as coins when trading and the coins could be divided into smaller pieces to arrive at the desired value (3). That was why balances and weights were of great importance when people traded with one another.
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Weight set, found in Visby, Gotland
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Pair of scales, found in Sandby village, Öland
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Part of the Näsby hoard, Taxinge parish, Södermanland, deposited after 969
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Part of the Näsby hoard, Taxinge parish, Södermanland, deposited after 969
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Penning, Danmark, Ribe, circa 850
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Dirham, Samanid Empire, Neyshabur, Nasr ibn Ahmad, 935/936
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