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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;brassnautilus, post: 2338722, member: 74300&quot;]Essentially, striking was used as a mean of certification, of the metal content.</p><p>It&#039;s just in western coinage it was such commonplace to use precious metal that all coins were &quot;certified&quot;, down to bronze (eventhough there was no real need to do that to copper).</p><p>The reason behind is precisely that there is not a lot of differences in cost of the 2 production methods. Where the industry was calibrated to striking (in Rome), they used dies instead of opening up a complete branch of manufacturing for just the low value coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>Vise versa, where maybe something happened that the mint facility was destroyed or personnel dispersed, they would need to rebuild a manufacturing process. If the type of coins they planned to produce were all low valued and required no striking process to &quot;certify&quot; them, then they might choose to cast, because it&#039;s a little easier, required fewer skilled labor.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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