PugJesus@lemmy.world to Ancient Coins@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agoPart of a hoard of square Mauryan silver coins from India, 3rd century BCElemmy.worldimagemessage-square5linkfedilinkarrow-up128arrow-down10cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
arrow-up128arrow-down1imagePart of a hoard of square Mauryan silver coins from India, 3rd century BCElemmy.worldPugJesus@lemmy.world to Ancient Coins@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square5linkfedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
minus-squarejaybone@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·4 months agoI suppose some of them seem pretty square. Don’t they use molds?
minus-squaremerde alors@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·4 months agoif Precious metal ingots can be used as currency (with or without being processed into other shapes), or as a currency reserve, as with gold bars. then maybe the form doesn’t matter 🤷
minus-squarePugJesus@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·4 months agoPunched out of sheets, I think.
minus-squareEheran@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·4 months agoThen it would make the least amount of sense that they are not all identical.
I suppose some of them seem pretty square. Don’t they use molds?
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then maybe the form doesn’t matter 🤷
Punched out of sheets, I think.
Then it would make the least amount of sense that they are not all identical.