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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;iPen, post: 2305058, member: 69760&quot;]I can imagine chestfuls of high quality tribute coins being presented to the likes of Genghis Khan, Alexander the Great, etc.</p><p><br /></p><p>If the tributes were deemed low quality, maybe it would be a sign of disrespect and the favor of these rulers would be lost to the pledgers. Or perhaps low quality designed precious metal coins were a sign that a given civilization was not civilized enough to exist, even as a puppet state.</p><p><br /></p><p>Speculations aside, if it were me and there was absolutely no way to fend off the attackers, I&#039;d send a bunch of specially made, highest quality production silver / gold coins as tribute to a militarily superior force, hoping that they&#039;d go away. If that fails, then I would have tried my best at diplomacy (read: bribery).</p><p><br /></p><p>All in all, I believe that it&#039;s highly plausible that very, very early proofs exist by way of their intent and quality manufacturing for its day.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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