Editing Coin (section)

===Philippines===
[[File:Piloncitos ang gold rings.jpg|thumb|The [[Piloncitos]] are tiny engraved gold coins found in the [[Philippines]], along with [[barter ring]]s, which are gold ring-like [[ingot]]s. These barter rings are bigger than softballs in size and are made of pure gold from the Archaic period ({{Circa|10th}} to 16th century).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.metmuseum.ph/permanenttraveling.php?page=classicalgoldwork |title=Metropolitan Museum of Manila, Philippines: Art for All - www.metmuseum.ph |access-date=2013-08-01 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121215062936/http://www.metmuseum.ph/permanenttraveling.php?page=classicalgoldwork |archive-date=2012-12-15 }}</ref>]]
In the Philippines, small, engraved gold coins called [[Piloncitos]] have been excavated, some as lightweight as 0.09 to 2.65 grams. Piloncitos have been unearthed from [[Mandaluyong]], [[Bataan]], the banks of the [[Pasig River]], [[Batangas]], [[Marinduque]], [[Samar]], [[Leyte]] and some areas in [[Mindanao]]. Large quantities were found in [[Indonesia]]n archaeological sites, suggesting that they may not have originated in the Philippines, but rather were imported. However, numerous [[Spanish Empire|Spanish]] accounts state that the gold coins were mined and made in the Philippines, such as the following from 1586:

{{Blockquote|"The people of this island ([[Luzon]]) are very skillful in their handling of gold. They weigh it with the greatest skill and delicacy that have ever been seen. The first thing they teach their children is the knowledge of gold and the weights with which they weigh it, for there is no other money among them."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://opinion.inquirer.net/10991/%E2%80%98piloncitos%E2%80%99-and-the-%E2%80%98philippine-golden-age%E2%80%99 |title='Piloncitos' and the 'Philippine golden age' &#124; Inquirer Opinion |date=30 August 2011 |access-date=2017-04-28 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170516155436/http://opinion.inquirer.net/10991/%e2%80%98piloncitos%e2%80%99-and-the-%e2%80%98philippine-golden-age%e2%80%99 |archive-date=2017-05-16 }}</ref>}}

The term "Piloncitos" is a contemporary word, used by modern-day antique collectors,<ref name="Ocampo20110830">{{Cite web|url=http://opinion.inquirer.net/10991/%E2%80%98piloncitos%E2%80%99-and-the-%E2%80%98philippine-golden-age%E2%80%99|title = 'Piloncitos' and the 'Philippine golden age'|date = August 30, 2011}}</ref> who thought that the cone-shaped pieces looked like a pilon of sugar.<ref name="Ocampo20110830"/> Early historical descriptions of the term include the Spanish "granitas de oro" (small grains of gold), or simply by whatever local language terms were used to mean "gold" in those times, such as "bulawan."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://edgedavao.net/vantage-points/2015/11/11/history-of-davao-currencies-of-the-lumads/|title=HISTORY OF DAVAO – Currencies of the Lumads|date=November 11, 2015}}</ref>

Piloncitos are presumably an offshoot of [[silver]] coinage and may have evolved into the bullet or [[Bullet money|pod duang]] coinage of Sukhothai in [[Thailand]].<ref name="treasure">{{Cite web |url=http://coin.filipinonumismatist.com/2011/06/piloncitos-treasure-of-philippine.html |title=Philippine Coin Information: PILONCITOS: The treasure of Philippine numismatic |access-date=March 22, 2017 |archive-date=February 19, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200219181808/http://coin.filipinonumismatist.com/2011/06/piloncitos-treasure-of-philippine.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Early historical records document the extensive use of gold throughout the Philippine archipelago before the arrival of European colonists.<ref name="Scott1994">{{cite book |last=Scott |first=William Henry |author-link = William Henry Scott (historian) |title= Barangay: Sixteenth Century Philippine Culture and Society |publisher= Ateneo de Manila University Press |year= 1994 |location= Quezon City |isbn=971-550-135-4 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=15KZU-yMuisC }}</ref> It was used extensively as currency, and also used in everyday items such as clothing and finery.<ref name="Scott1994"/>