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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Finn235, post: 8090523, member: 98035&quot;]The buying power of the antoninianus/aurelianus was totally decoupled from any intrinsic value, so output capacity over time was more important than maintaining tight standards. </p><p><br /></p><p>Expecting the population to be able to keep track of two separate denominations based only on very slight differences in diameter would have been a disaster, like the British double florin which was easily mistaken for the more common crown.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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