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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;medoraman, post: 1168151, member: 26302&quot;]As a background, these coins we so famous due to the massive quanties of high quality silver produced by Athens from its Laurion silver mines. Getting access to these mines was what enabled Athens to enjoy its golden age of Democracy, literature, philosophy, etc. They funded building the Acropolis. These were produced in such massice numbers that in many parts of the world they WERE money, everything else was inferior. This led these coins to be massively copied locally, and you can find similar types being produced in ancient Israel, the near middle east, Arabia, etc. The closest thing to these in modern history would be the 8 reales pieces from Spain and her colonies that circulated around the globe and were accepted nearly everywhere in the world as good silver.</p><p><br /></p><p>Chris[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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