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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ardatirion, post: 1987299, member: 9204&quot;]No one is exactly certain who the figure on the obverse represents. &quot;Standing Caliph&quot; is merely the popular description of the type.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>This is a very important thing to remember. The inhabitants of 7th century Syria were not striking Byzantine style coins because they lacked creativity. To them, a facing bust and a large M on the reverse was simply what money looked like, same way a rectangular green piece of paper is how we imagine money in the US today.</p><p><br /></p><p>And by the way, I never really grasped the broad hatred of Jackson until I studied the contemporary sources. A powerful and important figure, without a doubt, but no president since has so single handedly alterred American life.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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