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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 1268656, member: 112&quot;]The only mint of old that I am aware of where records still exist that could possibly support production numbers is the Venetian Mint. Yes there are others, but the Venetian Mint records are the most complete. But even those do not speak specifically to production numbers. But there is enough information to make reasonable conclusions regarding production numbers.</p><p><br /></p><p>That said, a single city state, Venice, with only 1 mint was able to produce 16 million + coins of a single denomination per year. However, that number is somewhat misleading because the mint did not work on one denomination for an entire year. Rather they only worked on that 1 denomination for a few months and then they went on to work on another denomination depending on what was needed most at the time. </p><p><br /></p><p>Anyway, the point I&#039;m getting at here is that the Venetian was capable of producing upwards of 30 million coins per year. That number comes pretty close to approaching the numbers being discussed, especially when considering that only 1 mint was involved.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now somebody is going to say that it is not the same, that technology had changed from the period in question - 400-500 AD vs 1300-1400 AD - but it didn&#039;t really. The technology of the Romans was every bit equal to that of the Venetians, possibly even surpassing it for we have to remember what happened after the Roman Empire collapsed - technology disappeared for centuries. Everything had to be re-learned, rediscovered. So minting technology was virtually the same for both periods.</p><p><br /></p><p>So the numbers that Bland is discussing may not be so far off the mark after all.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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