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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;robinjojo, post: 8204236, member: 110226&quot;]This is a work of fiction, but I am not sure if it could be called &quot;fiat&quot; in the sense that iron is a commodity, unlike the printed currencies of today, which are backed by national or regional economies and not commodities such as silver or gold.&nbsp; The point that Agathon makes is that Lykourgos, in his efforts to eliminate economic classes in Sparta, replaced metals of high value, with iron, a very low value metal that was extremely inconvenient, intentionally, to use.&nbsp; At the same time, though, there was a strict social structure in Sparta, with the Spartans at the top and the Helots serving as virtual slaves.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now I don&#039;t know of any surviving examples of this money, but apparently it did exist according to some, or it was a myth, according to others.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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