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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;medoraman, post: 4588084, member: 26302&quot;]My reference about the Silk Road was more knowledge sharing than the physical coins making their way across it. The great advantage the old world had versus the new was the ability to learn and copy from other cultures. </p><p><br /></p><p>While I am certain coinage originated in the Middle East and China completely independently, (each having their own proto-currency, each using unique attributes and value points for their coins), I have always wondered about India. Did they have proto-currency to large extents? Do we see evolution of their monetary system up towards a currency, which would support the theory of independent evolution? If they just kind of &quot;popped up&quot; one day that would lead to the idea of a borrowed idea. Do you happen to know if Mitchiner covers this in his two volume work?</p><p><br /></p><p>Concerning Athens, I agree they were not altruistic. They were monetizing their Laurion mines, and pumping as much out as possible. Too many people do not &quot;get&quot; that the Athenian tet was not the world standard because of the glory of Athens, but because they flooded the ancient world with them. Ancient world &quot;quantitative easing&quot; lol.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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