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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;medoraman, post: 3186171, member: 26302&quot;]No, I don&#039;t think so. Chunks of copper were not the greek tradition, nor were dolphin shaped coins. both of these are what I am talking about, starts of other traditions in the mediterranean area that ended up getting stamped out by the more popular greek coinage. The same culture that made the dolphins and the stamped lumps of copper, just like the Roman with their huge lumps of raw copper, eventually gave up their local customs and struck round precious metal coinage. I am sure the same diversity was present in India and China at first before the majority won and local traditions everywhere died off. </p><p><br /></p><p>Coins or money are weird things. They are what people THINK they are. If all of your neighbors believe only round precious metal, or square silver, or round copper with a hole is the only real &quot;money&quot;, then this is a self fulfillling prophecy. They will only accept such things as money, so all coins need to look like that to be accepted.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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