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<p>[QUOTE="Herberto, post: 7432262, member: 74222"]Byzantine coin, "Follis", around 600:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1290034[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Byzantine coin, "billon trachea", around 1150:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1290035[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Those two coins above were very common when they circulated, and there have been minted numerous of them and that is the reason why those two coins are SO common today.</p><p><br /></p><p>Until the modern era during the Industrial Revolution (around 1800) most people were farmers and lived OUTSIDE cities. 90% of people were farmers and 10% of people lived in cities. That was the case until the Industrial Revolution initiated the modern world where more and more people gradually moved into cities.</p><p><br /></p><p>I am just wondering: Giving that 90% of the population lived outside cities, did they ever see or used copper-coins like follis or billon trachea? Or did such copper coins only circulate in cities like Constantinople, Antiochea or Thessaloniki?</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Herberto, post: 7432262, member: 74222"]Byzantine coin, "Follis", around 600: [ATTACH=full]1290034[/ATTACH] Byzantine coin, "billon trachea", around 1150: [ATTACH=full]1290035[/ATTACH] Those two coins above were very common when they circulated, and there have been minted numerous of them and that is the reason why those two coins are SO common today. Until the modern era during the Industrial Revolution (around 1800) most people were farmers and lived OUTSIDE cities. 90% of people were farmers and 10% of people lived in cities. That was the case until the Industrial Revolution initiated the modern world where more and more people gradually moved into cities. I am just wondering: Giving that 90% of the population lived outside cities, did they ever see or used copper-coins like follis or billon trachea? Or did such copper coins only circulate in cities like Constantinople, Antiochea or Thessaloniki? Thanks[/QUOTE]
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