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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;medoraman, post: 1391945, member: 26302&quot;]So you believe these lead pieces were effectively private quadrans or such struck due to Rome not economically being able to strike such small change? Was lead cheaper than copper in the ancient world? During what timeframes was there such a shortage of small change? The main periods I could think of would be around the 3rd century to around the early fourth century. </p><p><br /></p><p>Regarding the Southern Song, coins leaving were also the reason they struck iron coins. However, they then found out the Jin were using the iron to make weapons, so they then mixed the iron with metals that softened it to prevent the usage of the coins for weapon making. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Chris[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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