Jennifer Nalewicki is a Salt Lake City-based journalist whose work has been featured in The New York Times, Smithsonian Magazine, Scientific American, Popular Mechanics and more. She covers several science topics from planet Earth to paleontology and archaeology to health and culture. Prior to freelancing, Jennifer held an Editor role at Time Inc.
A college student in Denmark has unearthed a"spectacular silver treasure" of Viking Age jewelry that doubled as money.
Bruunsgaard alerted officials to the finding, and experts dated the items to the 800s, which would have been during the early Viking Age in Scandinavia. The bracelets were a form of money known as hacksilver, an important form of currency during the Viking Age. At one time, the bracelets — which together weighed more than 1 pound — would have been"adapted to a common weight system" and were used"as a means of payment and transaction" while showcasing"the owner's financial ability," according to the statement.
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