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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;medoraman, post: 2020659, member: 26302&quot;]I haven&#039;t heard that. Other nations who got paid not to invade demanded pure gold, which is why for most of its history the gold coins were never debased.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Regarding working for salt, workers and soldiers were given money for &quot;salt&quot;, (meaning basic necessities), called a salarium, the basis for the word salary. But they were also paid wages. Sometimes, when the coins got debased, soldiers were actually paid rations of commodities each month so that they were not as affected by the inflation being generated by the decreasing purity of the coins.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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