What kinds of money did the vikings use?

Answer 1

Silver and gold, as well as cattle. They didn't usually have coins, a regular person would instead have an arm ring made of coiled silver with knotches marking out weight. So if something was two units of silver, he would take off his armring, and use his steel Seax knife or Scramasax to cut out the two pieces of silver. Then the arm ring went back on the arm.

Answer 2

The Viking Age saw major changes in the economy of Scandinavia. At the beginning of the Viking Age, few people in Scandinavia had any knowledge of coinage. Some foreign coins entered the region as a result of trading contacts both with Western Europe and the Islamic world to the east. However, except in major trading centres such as Hedeby and Ribe, in Denmark, the idea of coinage as such was unfamiliar. Coins were valued only for their weight in silver or gold, and circulated alongside many other forms of precious metal.

Answer 3

They didn't have a set currency like you might be thinking. They used gold and silver to trade, usually silver. They kept the silver in the form of a wound up coil that would be worn as an arm ring, that had notches in it. When they needed to buy something, they would slip the ring off, cut off as much as they needed to with their knife, and then slip the ring back on.

Answer 4

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Answer 5

Vikings used coins and hacksilver as currency. Hacksilver was basically just pieces of silver that were cut from larger pieces that were melted down and sometimes just used by weight.

Answer 6

coins

Answer 7

is it coins