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<p>[QUOTE="Valentinian, post: 3157858, member: 44316"]I wouldn't quite say that. The universe of discourse was "sober transactions". You must be right that "always" is too strong, but if we get mathematical there are (almost) always exceptions to "always" statements. Okay, upon reflection it should not be stated with "always." Maybe when accepting tax payments the government <i>always</i> weighed the coins. I wonder what the written evidence is, if any, for that. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>By "coin" do they mean gold and silver (i.e. precious metal) coins? Many Roman second and third century denarii have pretty erratic weights but circulated together as denarii. We see Gresham's Law in operation when metal values get too far out of line (save a 4-gram silver and spend the 2.8-gram silver. I even spend a ripped dollar bill and keep the nicer one).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Valentinian, post: 3157858, member: 44316"]I wouldn't quite say that. The universe of discourse was "sober transactions". You must be right that "always" is too strong, but if we get mathematical there are (almost) always exceptions to "always" statements. Okay, upon reflection it should not be stated with "always." Maybe when accepting tax payments the government [I]always[/I] weighed the coins. I wonder what the written evidence is, if any, for that. By "coin" do they mean gold and silver (i.e. precious metal) coins? Many Roman second and third century denarii have pretty erratic weights but circulated together as denarii. We see Gresham's Law in operation when metal values get too far out of line (save a 4-gram silver and spend the 2.8-gram silver. I even spend a ripped dollar bill and keep the nicer one).[/QUOTE]
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