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Did kingdoms issuing the first metal coins demand payment of taxes in their own coins? If so, how did subsistence farmers pay? If not, wouldn't there be a net loss of precious metals as trade sent the coins out of the kingdom? How did they restock their supply?

by /u/RusticBohemian in /r/AskHistorians

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