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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;doug5353, post: 2233422, member: 73555&quot;]This website, and the coin pictured, raises a question in my mind -- how did these various peoples in Europe get newly-struck coins into circulation?&nbsp; Did the king spend them for goods and services?&nbsp; Did the peasants and merchants then end up with coins, and use them on market day?&nbsp; Did the coins trickle down as &quot;salary&quot; to soldiers, or as donations to the clergy?&nbsp; Were there numerous assayers and minters, or just one source, controlled by the king? </p><p><br /></p><p>Maybe the peasants and the poor never took possession of coins at all, relying&nbsp; strictly on barter?&nbsp; I&#039;d like to know more about the process.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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