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<p>[QUOTE="Ed Snible, post: 3785129, member: 82322"]Over 100 years ago Barclay Head wrote about the difficulties <a href="http://snible.org/coins/hn/intro.html#xxxix" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://snible.org/coins/hn/intro.html#xxxix" rel="nofollow">http://snible.org/coins/hn/intro.html#xxxix</a> . Except for the use of the English "grains" instead of grams I don't think the subject is any different today. The ancient economy was changing from measuring silver by weight to coins. It was made up of different ethnic groups with their own market traditions. The economy was also on a "quest" for "bimetallism": coins of gold and silver with an agreed value correspondence while supply and depend fluctuated.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Ed Snible, post: 3785129, member: 82322"]Over 100 years ago Barclay Head wrote about the difficulties [URL]http://snible.org/coins/hn/intro.html#xxxix[/URL] . Except for the use of the English "grains" instead of grams I don't think the subject is any different today. The ancient economy was changing from measuring silver by weight to coins. It was made up of different ethnic groups with their own market traditions. The economy was also on a "quest" for "bimetallism": coins of gold and silver with an agreed value correspondence while supply and depend fluctuated.[/QUOTE]
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