Ancestors

Written by Bret Devereaux on 2025-01-04 at 18:59

This week on the blog: Coins! Contrasting historical coinage with the vision of ancient coinage presented through 'gold' in fantasy fiction.

What were coins used for, why did much economic activity remain non-coinage and what do you use when you aren't using coins?

https://acoup.blog/2025/01/03/collections-coinage-and-the-tyranny-of-fantasy-gold/

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Written by Lien Rag on 2025-01-04 at 19:14

@bretdevereaux

Didn't you make the same post a few years ago ?

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Toot

Written by Lien Rag on 2025-01-04 at 19:35

@bretdevereaux

My bad, it wasn't an acoup post, it was a twitter thread...

https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1557174651360612352.html

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Descendants