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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;EWC3, post: 3746563, member: 93416&quot;]Yes. My own reaction to all this is that the old (British) saying:</p><p><br /></p><p>“look after the pennies and the pounds will look after themselves”</p><p><br /></p><p>describes an attitude of mind.</p><p><br /></p><p>The old Mercian penny had (I would argue) a continuous history as a denomination from 793 to 1971. 1,178 years. The new (decimal) penny is under attack when less than 50 years old. So when I defend the (new) penny my real intention is to highlight concern about the things being done in the modern economy, and thus to defend old attitudes of mind.</p><p><br /></p><p>Note further that the old penny was “in essence” binary. The facts were rather hidden – but the fact looks very much like there were 256 sterling pennies in a troy pound.</p><p><br /></p><p>Thus there seems to me fun to be had, in another thread, with Valentinian’s line about a “$64” question</p><p><br /></p><p>Nero’s denarius was (I would argue) “in essence” binary. The facts were again rather hidden – but the fact looks very much like there were 128 Nero denarii in an Attic Mina. And text from Diocletian seems to suggest a new denarius went 100 to 1 against the old.</p><p><br /></p><p>Ha! Perhaps I should suggest that the aurelianus problem is $100 question? (joke)</p><p><br /></p><p>How much did 1971 in Britain resemble c. 271 in Rome? At least a little I suspect.</p><p><br /></p><p>Rob T[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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