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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 3446973, member: 19463&quot;]This image from my 5th century page shows an Anastasius 1 nummus (0.46g) and a 40 nummi (17.29g) of his reform.&nbsp; The math is not exact but what we used to call &quot;good enough for government work.&quot;</p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/smlate4.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Inflation being what it was, paying for small things had gotten to the point we have today with our coins.&nbsp; It took a small bag of coins to buy something from the &#039;Dollar Menu&#039; so adding 10, 20 and 40 nummi coins made it convenient without turning to fiat coinage which would have been resisted by the populace.&nbsp; Question: what is the smallest purchase you made in the last year?&nbsp; I have hit the dollar menu at Taco Bell.&nbsp; Costco has a veding machine in the food court selling bottled water for 25 cents.&nbsp; Has anyone spent a solo dime lately?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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