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<p>[QUOTE="Black Friar, post: 8150427, member: 76221"]Here is a copy of my copy of Metcalf's book <i>The Origins of the Anastasian Currency Reform</i> published in 1969. My copy of the book was officially withdrawn for the Library of UC San Diego. For the life of me I can't remember where or who I purchased it from but it was quite awhile ago.</p><p><br /></p><p>Without going into the exact entry I seem to remember Metcalf speculating that after the reform to the larger flan most of the small format folles were used to make half folles with the specks of the reformed system.</p><p><br /></p><p>Seems plausible to me on the surface, in that it might also account for the scarcity of the old weight folles. For instance the Constantinople large module <i>half folles</i> come in about the same weight average +/-.8.75g as the pre reform small module folles. Same church, different pews so to speak.</p><p><br /></p><p>Fun Stuff, gets my juices flowing.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Black Friar, post: 8150427, member: 76221"]Here is a copy of my copy of Metcalf's book [I]The Origins of the Anastasian Currency Reform[/I] published in 1969. My copy of the book was officially withdrawn for the Library of UC San Diego. For the life of me I can't remember where or who I purchased it from but it was quite awhile ago. Without going into the exact entry I seem to remember Metcalf speculating that after the reform to the larger flan most of the small format folles were used to make half folles with the specks of the reformed system. Seems plausible to me on the surface, in that it might also account for the scarcity of the old weight folles. For instance the Constantinople large module [I]half folles[/I] come in about the same weight average +/-.8.75g as the pre reform small module folles. Same church, different pews so to speak. Fun Stuff, gets my juices flowing.[/QUOTE]
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