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>>29917119

Can do boss

What's your smallest coin frens? Got a few ancient Greek silvers that weigh less than 1/10th of a gram. Modern FWTDHWATQADS are blessed to be able to earn so much nowadays.

2,500 years ago, even minuscule specks of silver were coined and used as daily money in the marketplace. A drachm of 4.2 grams was a day's pay for a highly trained soldier and worth 6 little .6-.7g obols, with hemiobols and even 1/4 and 1/8 obols (hemitetartemorions) and smaller struck. I own several ancient Greek silver fractions that weigh well less than 100 milligrams, one just 40mg and 3-4mm in diameter, absolutely tiny but still a coin!

In those times they understood what sound money was, and evidently even minute motes of silver were worth coining and using. Hard to say but I bet back then a Hermes Hemiobol would have afforded a BJ and more from formerly well-to-do housewenches & Co.

No real point other than showing some history and hoping that someday soon even niggardly little clipped off chunks of bullion like these little coins will once again be desired and valuable money.