Mathom

So, though there was still some store of weapons in the Shire, these were used mostly as trophies, hanging above hearths or on walls, or gathered into the museum at Michel Delving. The Mathom House it was called; for anything that Hobbits had no immediate use for, but were unwilling to throw away, they called a mathom. Their dwellings were apt to become rather crowded with mathoms, and many of the presents that passed from hand to hand were of that sort. — "Prologue: Concerning Hobbits", The Fellowship of the Ring

Description

In Lotro, a mathom is a reputation item that is used to increase reputation with the Hobbits' Mathom Society. Mathoms are turned in to the Mathom Society NPCs at the Mathom House in Michel Delving in the Shire, or right-click them in the inventory right away.

Mathom Types

There are three types of mathoms that can be acquired: Mathom, Well-kept Mathom, and Gift Mathom.

Gift Mathoms, Mathoms and Well-kept Mathoms are looted from humanoids, for example, from wights in Barrow-Downs and hill-men in North-downs. Also these may be right-clicked in inventory right away for reputation. Only Gift Mathoms are Bind on Acquire.

Notes

Pronunciation: "The Westron or Common Speech has been entirely translated in English equivalents. All Hobbit names and special words are intended to be pronounced accordingly: for example, Bolger has g as in bulge, and mathom rhymes with fathom." — The Lord of the Rings - Appendix E: Writing and Spelling: Pronunciation of Words and Names

Acquiring

Humanoid mobs in the level range 30-40 often drop Mathoms and Well-kept Mathoms.