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To: csvset

How did they ever use these as coinage? Seem too heavy and unwieldy to carry around.


7 posted on 02/11/2022 12:19:44 PM PST by Beowulf9
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To: Beowulf9

Average weight 7.1 grams each


16 posted on 02/11/2022 12:43:04 PM PST by muir_redwoods (Freedom isn't free, liberty isn't liberal and you'll never find anything Right on the Left)
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To: Beowulf9

They appear to be uniform in size and shape, probably used in trade, merchants would have had scales and weights


33 posted on 02/11/2022 8:56:54 PM PST by csvset (tolerance becomes a crime when attached to evil)
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