Re: CHAT: Hawaiian Money (was Re: NATLANG/FONT: the euro & 01.01.02)
| From: | Thomas R. Wier <trwier@...> |
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| Date: | Saturday, December 15, 2001, 10:02 |
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Quoting Anton Sherwood <bronto@...>:
> Has any state ever issued legal tender with a dead monarch's head?
The Romans often didn't update the currency at the accession
of every Emperor; doing so could proove prohibitively expensive,
especially during the third century.
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