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<p>[QUOTE="Marsyas Mike, post: 3169299, member: 85693"]A very interesting post. I thoroughly enjoyed it, but don't know enough to contribute much. But I will say that when I was first collecting, when I'd see some cruddy little "reduced follis" I'd think to my self "Ha! This contemptible bit isn't real money!" But it was real money, and people did use it, if only because there wasn't anything else. </p><p><br /></p><p>Nowadays, if I am feeling superior to ancient times and money, I take out a 20 dollar Federal Reserve note and say, "Ha! This contemptible hank of paper isn't real money!" A Federal Reserve note is money, of course, so I carefully tuck it away back in my wallet, feeling slightly humbled.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Marsyas Mike, post: 3169299, member: 85693"]A very interesting post. I thoroughly enjoyed it, but don't know enough to contribute much. But I will say that when I was first collecting, when I'd see some cruddy little "reduced follis" I'd think to my self "Ha! This contemptible bit isn't real money!" But it was real money, and people did use it, if only because there wasn't anything else. Nowadays, if I am feeling superior to ancient times and money, I take out a 20 dollar Federal Reserve note and say, "Ha! This contemptible hank of paper isn't real money!" A Federal Reserve note is money, of course, so I carefully tuck it away back in my wallet, feeling slightly humbled.[/QUOTE]
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