Fragments of cut and bent silver items used as currency
The mixed Viking Cuerdale Hoard, deposited in England before c. 910, also contains 8,600 coins, as well as these ingots and pieces of jewellery and plate.Hacksilver from the medieval period, Museum für Hamburgische Geschichte, Hamburg, Germany.Viking age settlement, eighth to eleventh centuries; trade and raid routes are marked green.
Hacksilver (sometimes referred to as hacksilber) consists of fragments of cut and bent silver items that were used as bullion or as currency by weight during the Middle Ages.
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