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When and why did round coins become a practical standard?
In the world today many countries (probably most if not all, but I don't have a reference) use round coins. It's clear that some coins of ancient times were not round, as can be seen here. At which ...
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Does any of John Sutter's tin money survive?
John Sutter was a Swiss settler and investor in the late Mexican era of California. I have only seen secondary sources on the matter, but apparently his colony New Helvetia had bespoke coinage:
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Why does some Califate money feature crosses?
Why does some Muslim money feature crosses?
Like the following ones:
Was the cross an early Muslim symbol?
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Worth of an old 1/4 tanka coin when it was active 1516-1526
Can someone tell me what was the worth of a quarter tanka in India when Ibrahim Lodi's was the ruler (1516-1526 CE) or what a quarter tank could buy at that time?
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When and where were the first coins made showing the currency or a face value?
According to this article Origin and Evolution of Money, coins
...for many centuries...were guaranteed by their intrinsic value, that is to say, by the trade value of the metal used in their ...
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Leather 1.50 German gold mark
I have a German 1.50 gold mark that looks to be made of leather. It is about 3/16 of an inch thick. and dyed black. It has many symbols. Please if anyone can tell me about this. It looks to be dated ...
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What was the "Brakteaten" medieval monetary system?
I am reading "Interest and inflation free money" by Margrit Kennedy. I have only found this book online (here). It is not in my local libraries or bookshops. The author states (page 39 of ...
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Who is on the Nazi 2 Reichsmark coin?
There is a long haired figure on the 1934 2 Reichsmark coin.
Who is it?
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Can you tell me about this coin? श्री महेन्द्र वीर विक्रम शाहदेव 2012. i.e in English Sri Mahendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev 2012
This is a photo of both sides of the coin.
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What coin is this? Arabic: 10 Fulus, over crossed wheat and lead
Years ago (maybe 15), my grandfather gave me this coin and I have no idea what it is or where it came from. Can anyone help? I'm pretty sure it came from the Middle East (he did a lot of work there ...
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Why did overestimated coins led to inflation and well-estimated coins to deflation?
It is said in Debt, the first 5,000 years by David Graeber (chapter 4, note 2) that when the value of metal coins represented exactly their weight, the result was deflation. The author says that when ...
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