"The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary." ~ H.L. Mencken
What Islamic Coin Collecting Taught Me About Alternative Currency
Submitted by Westernerd on Thu, 2012-07-12 02:00
"Arabian markets were flush with Roman and Persian coins, but once those Empires began debasing their currencies with copper and brass it was time for Muslims to mint their own. So, from the outset the industry of Islamic coins was a movement to provide an honest alternative to fraudulent currency."
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