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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;medoraman, post: 2338641, member: 26302&quot;]I disagree. There are Sogdian coins known both cast and struck. It appears the earlier ones were struck, and later ones were cast. To me, it was an economic decision. Cast coins are cheaper to produce than struck coins. Why? Because most flans are cast. So if you are striking a coin you need to first cast the metal, and then strike it. It seems to me that casting the flan with the design already in it would be much cheaper.</p><p><br /></p><p>When dealing with a base metal coin, where the metal value is not a large concern, coinage costs because your main input. Under such a scenario, why wouldn&#039;t you cast your small denomination coins? In Sogdia where both base metal and precious metal coins were made, bronze coins were frequently cast, but never silver or gold. This is because silver and gold had much more attention given the weight.</p><p><br /></p><p>Edit: Gosh darn it, Bill beat me by a quarter of a second! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie3" alt=":(" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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