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<p>[QUOTE="ancient coin hunter, post: 3659481, member: 87200"]I guess good money drives out the bad. And presumably people decided to hoard coins of good quality as a hedge against inflation and other monetary issues. To continue to use old bronze coins (and I have some provincials and early Imperials that are so worn that nothing is visible on them, just a hint of a portrait) would have required an unknown system of weights and measures that we are clueless about.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="ancient coin hunter, post: 3659481, member: 87200"]I guess good money drives out the bad. And presumably people decided to hoard coins of good quality as a hedge against inflation and other monetary issues. To continue to use old bronze coins (and I have some provincials and early Imperials that are so worn that nothing is visible on them, just a hint of a portrait) would have required an unknown system of weights and measures that we are clueless about.[/QUOTE]
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