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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;medoraman, post: 4492682, member: 26302&quot;]I have never read of similar sir. You would think if this was widespread then it would have been noted more widely at the time. I know much was written how the last Byzantine emperor stripped silver from churches to pay for the defense of Constantinople. In Constantine&#039;s time the whole empire was not Christian, so you would imagine if this were true it would have created more of an uproar. </p><p><br /></p><p>Now, recalling and retariffing coins was a &quot;time honored&quot; way of increasing seignorage. That would not surprise me at all. </p><p><br /></p><p>Just my thoughts sir.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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