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<p>[QUOTE="EWC3, post: 3877479, member: 93416"]The first few coins on the second row are (of course) issued under the political control of Wang an Shi, back around 1069-74. I think he holds the world record for coin production - or perhaps did until overtaken by the USA around the 1950's?</p><p><br /></p><p>I remember Roger Bland made quite a big thing at talks about the later Romans - at peak - kicking out a million coins a day. I pointed out from the floor one time that since Wang an Shi managed 5 billion coins a year, that was much more, near to 14 million a day.</p><p><br /></p><p>However, the full point I was trying to make fell on stony ground - so I will try spell it out here. Wang wanted to produce enough copper coins to put an end to serfdom, enough coins so all goods and services could be bought and paid for in cash according to market prices (like also Sher Shah and Akbar, later on in India)</p><p><br /></p><p>Turning that around then - maybe even the later Romans did not really produce enough coins...........</p><p><br /></p><p>Rob T[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="EWC3, post: 3877479, member: 93416"]The first few coins on the second row are (of course) issued under the political control of Wang an Shi, back around 1069-74. I think he holds the world record for coin production - or perhaps did until overtaken by the USA around the 1950's? I remember Roger Bland made quite a big thing at talks about the later Romans - at peak - kicking out a million coins a day. I pointed out from the floor one time that since Wang an Shi managed 5 billion coins a year, that was much more, near to 14 million a day. However, the full point I was trying to make fell on stony ground - so I will try spell it out here. Wang wanted to produce enough copper coins to put an end to serfdom, enough coins so all goods and services could be bought and paid for in cash according to market prices (like also Sher Shah and Akbar, later on in India) Turning that around then - maybe even the later Romans did not really produce enough coins........... Rob T[/QUOTE]
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