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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;chrisild, post: 765269, member: 39&quot;]Guess this is a little bit like saying Columbus discovered America. No, he did not, it had been there before <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> with people living there - and yet his discoveries helped establishing a constant &quot;link&quot; across the Atlantic Ocean.</p><p><br /></p><p>Similarly, in medieval Europe hardly anybody used gold coins. The Merovingians had made quite a few, but after that it was basically silver only. Then, when &quot;international trade&quot; and cash became more important again (13c), the fiorino d&#039;oro met a &quot;new&quot; demand. Maybe that is why it is called the &quot;first&quot; city gold coin ...</p><p><br /></p><p>Christian[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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