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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 1916901, member: 19463&quot;]Recent posts suggest confusion on why there are so many denominations from so many places and we just don&#039;t know how to make sense of them.&nbsp; I say there is no simple answer - at least not one I can understand.</p><p><br /></p><p>Today, Rob Tye posted free to the world one chapter of his book <b>Early Coins and Early Weight Standards</b>.&nbsp; I have previously told you to buy it but, IMHO, the chapter he posted is my least favorite and probably his most favorite.&nbsp; Mr. Tye is deeply interested in Metrology and weight standards while I come to coins more for art, history and technology.&nbsp; I found the rest of his book enjoyable and informative.&nbsp; I found this one chapter required an almost mystical belief in the power of numbers to separate its truths from randomness.&nbsp; Those of you who have any interest in weights and measures should read this free chapter and then go out and buy the rest of the book (paperback) to get the parts that I considered within my range of comprehension. </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.academia.edu/6882687/Coin_Weight_and_Historical_Metrology" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.academia.edu/6882687/Coin_Weight_and_Historical_Metrology" rel="nofollow">https://www.academia.edu/6882687/Coin_Weight_and_Historical_Metrology</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.vcoins.com/en/stores/ecin_associates/54/product/early_world_coins__early_weight_standards_by_robert_tye/122540/Default.aspx" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.vcoins.com/en/stores/ecin_associates/54/product/early_world_coins__early_weight_standards_by_robert_tye/122540/Default.aspx" rel="nofollow">http://www.vcoins.com/en/stores/ecin_associates/54/product/early_world_coins__early_weight_standards_by_robert_tye/122540/Default.aspx</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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