Hi there:
I was levelling a newbie rogue outside runnyeye and kept getting Shattered War Beads:
http://wiki.project1999.com/Shattered_Warbeads
I looked them up and they're for newbie armor quests that are not in game. Poked around on Lucy and Alla and don't see any mention of them til 2003 so I don't think they dropped before the newbie quests went in.
Regards,
Mg