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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ancient coin hunter, post: 3198816, member: 87200&quot;]I have pondered this question occasionally and haven&#039;t really found an answer, though presumably some did circulate for quite some time, though the old adage that bad money drives out the good probably applies. People would have hoarded the good silver coins during the crisis of the third century and tried to pay their taxes with radiate poor quality antoniniani. Meanwhile the government would try to collect the good silver still in circulation while passing off the inflationary coins as the new currency. It becomes a vicious circle. If you didn&#039;t have gold coins in your possession you were probably screwed.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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