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<p>[QUOTE="EWC3, post: 3018530, member: 93416"]As I tried to say before, the sort of problems I find interesting are ones like -</p><p><br /></p><p>why did Roman copper issue more or less stop after 130 BC?</p><p><br /></p><p>And (if Crawford was correct) why did Pliny get it so wrong?</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I fear that is what you are doing. My comment was general and if you want specific relevant evidence I would point to the records of Akbar's mint operations. All mint workers (but one) were salaried down to the guy who placed the flan on the die. He was paid a couple of coppers a day as I recall. The only guy who was not paid by the mint was the guy who swung the hammer all day. The guy who placed the flan had to recruit and pay him - out of his own meagre wage. Most probably the hammer man stood on a street corner and was pulled off the street and paid in food. A single rupee might have freed that man from a world or misery.</p><p><br /></p><p>Were fourees coming out of Akbar's mint? I do not recall seeing one - but on the other hand - I hardly ever saw a genuine coin that had not been test punched to see if it was a fouree.</p><p><br /></p><p>Getting back to the 'what is interesting problem' - many years back I took my own attempted scholarship into the early modern period, for instance the failure of copper issue in 18th century England</p><p><br /></p><p>If we cannot solve the fundamental key problems there - on the back of a huge mass of literary evidence - I fear all this stuff about the Romans and Greeks is in large part just pleasant pipe dreams</p><p><br /></p><p>Rob[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="EWC3, post: 3018530, member: 93416"]As I tried to say before, the sort of problems I find interesting are ones like - why did Roman copper issue more or less stop after 130 BC? And (if Crawford was correct) why did Pliny get it so wrong? I fear that is what you are doing. My comment was general and if you want specific relevant evidence I would point to the records of Akbar's mint operations. All mint workers (but one) were salaried down to the guy who placed the flan on the die. He was paid a couple of coppers a day as I recall. The only guy who was not paid by the mint was the guy who swung the hammer all day. The guy who placed the flan had to recruit and pay him - out of his own meagre wage. Most probably the hammer man stood on a street corner and was pulled off the street and paid in food. A single rupee might have freed that man from a world or misery. Were fourees coming out of Akbar's mint? I do not recall seeing one - but on the other hand - I hardly ever saw a genuine coin that had not been test punched to see if it was a fouree. Getting back to the 'what is interesting problem' - many years back I took my own attempted scholarship into the early modern period, for instance the failure of copper issue in 18th century England If we cannot solve the fundamental key problems there - on the back of a huge mass of literary evidence - I fear all this stuff about the Romans and Greeks is in large part just pleasant pipe dreams Rob[/QUOTE]
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