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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Alegandron, post: 2207695, member: 51347&quot;]I scanned the articles, thank you!&nbsp; Answered a lot of questions, and some great conjecture since it appears there are no complete records of the process.&nbsp; Great reverse-engineering though!&nbsp; Early Ptolemaic coin production was superior to later versions.&nbsp; they got sloppy as they got greedy...and becoming in-bred...&nbsp; The earlier superior production was clearly Ægyptian technology applied to a Greek invention!&nbsp; Although you are left with a lathe-dimple, large coins (of concentrated wealth-value), could be easily manufactured, more consistent, and a controlled commodity.&nbsp; Ægyptian technology had been around for a long time on a massive, and clearly as well, on a minor scale (coinage manufacturing).&nbsp; Great job Ægypt!</p><p><br /></p><p>However, there may be some other less-than-brain-cases that would have a different feeling how the Ægyptians solved these coinage engineering problems:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]430929[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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