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<p>[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 3157941, member: 19463"]I would wager that coin 'professionals' of the day could sense by touch weights and fineness to a degree that no one alive today could match. I would love for the Severan mintmaster of 'Emesa' and a banker from the town central market to examine my coins and point out the ones that they found deviant. They would know what we never can. Given ten gold coins of the same denomination, I would expect a pro from the place and time to be able to arrange them in weight order by touch in a few seconds. That was what those people did for a living.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 3157941, member: 19463"]I would wager that coin 'professionals' of the day could sense by touch weights and fineness to a degree that no one alive today could match. I would love for the Severan mintmaster of 'Emesa' and a banker from the town central market to examine my coins and point out the ones that they found deviant. They would know what we never can. Given ten gold coins of the same denomination, I would expect a pro from the place and time to be able to arrange them in weight order by touch in a few seconds. That was what those people did for a living.[/QUOTE]
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