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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;John Conduitt, post: 4744208, member: 109923&quot;]The general population didn&#039;t have to. The authorities did. They wanted to stop counterfeiters. And they must&#039;ve been able to tell, otherwise they wouldn&#039;t have been able to produce coins to such precise standards in the first place. (Gold and silver in any case).</p><p><br /></p><p>The guilds of London (and other countries) emerged in the Middle Ages precisely to ensure the quality of their members&#039; production, and they often used hallmarks etc to trace pieces back to source (and prosecuted anyone producing anything without such a mark).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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