<p><a href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/1086107?seq=1#metadata_info_tab_contents" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Spartan iron coins</a>.</p>
<p>Roman bronze coins: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aes_grave" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Aes Grave</a></p>
<p>Chinese bronze coins: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Chinese_coinage#Ban_Liang_coins" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Ban liang</a> (one type was bronze, not all)</p>
<p>A non-metal &quot;currency&quot; backed by various industrial metals: the cryptocurrency <a href="http://www.cda.org.uk/2019/10/tiberius-cryptocurrency-backed-by-metals/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Tiberius coin</a>.</p>

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<p>Was any other metal than gold, silver or copper ever in history used to back a currency?</p>

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Not quite sure if you only mean paper currency backed by metals or actual metal coins as well.
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Was there any currency backed by other metals than gold, silver or copper?
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# Was there any currency backed by other metals than gold, silver or copper?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2021-08-09)

Was any other metal than gold, silver or copper ever in history used to back a currency?

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> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Not quite sure if you only mean paper currency backed by metals or actual metal coins as well.  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2021-08-10. Score: 7 | Accepted answer

[Spartan iron coins](https://www.jstor.org/stable/1086107?seq=1#metadata_info_tab_contents).

Roman bronze coins: [Aes Grave](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aes_grave)

Chinese bronze coins: [Ban liang](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Chinese_coinage#Ban_Liang_coins) (one type was bronze, not all)

A non-metal "currency" backed by various industrial metals: the cryptocurrency [Tiberius coin](http://www.cda.org.uk/2019/10/tiberius-cryptocurrency-backed-by-metals/).


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