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<p>[QUOTE="Ryro, post: 7459475, member: 91461"]STUNNING coin Lord M<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie100" alt=":wideyed:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />!</p><p>At its most base usage it holds the metal in place while being struck. And then we started getting artistic with it, adding letters, critters and design.</p><p>Early on we were just trying to create a uniform standard for commerce. Then things got so artistic that we don't even know which was the reverse or obverse! Thank you very much Sicilian Celetors<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie16" alt=":artist:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie33" alt=":cigar:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>That's my two drachms worth:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1292722[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1292723[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1292725[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1292726[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1292727[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1292728[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1292729[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Ryro, post: 7459475, member: 91461"]STUNNING coin Lord M:wideyed:! At its most base usage it holds the metal in place while being struck. And then we started getting artistic with it, adding letters, critters and design. Early on we were just trying to create a uniform standard for commerce. Then things got so artistic that we don't even know which was the reverse or obverse! Thank you very much Sicilian Celetors:artist::cigar: That's my two drachms worth: [ATTACH=full]1292722[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1292723[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1292725[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1292726[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1292727[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1292728[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1292729[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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