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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;kaparthy, post: 22512, member: 57463&quot;]Consider that the &quot;computer&quot; was invented to create tables for artillery. No one foresaw the <a href="http://WWW." target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://WWW." rel="nofollow">WWW.</a>&nbsp; At that same time the telephone was a failure at its most subtle application: when invented, the telephone was supposed to let people dial symphony concerts and other wonderful things.&nbsp; So, the point is that some inventions have applications other than their immediate intentions.&nbsp; Coins were like that. </p><p><br /></p><p>Coins created a new social context.&nbsp; You could hold the value of a cow in your hand and never have to feed it.&nbsp; New forms of wealth developed.&nbsp; There is much more to the story, and all of that is why I like this little coin.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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