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" ... only in an indirect manner. Almost the only exception is the enormous gold piece struck by Eucratides, king of Bactriana, of which the French possess the only known example. The fact that it is just equal to twenty staters, does not prove that it... "
American Journal of Numismatics, and Bulletin of American Numismatic and ... - Page 69
1879
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Journal of the Institute of Bankers, Volume 1

Institute of Bankers (Great Britain) - 1880 - 992 pages
...equal to twenty staters, does not prove that it was ever intended to serve as a coin, against which its size must have been a great objection. Moreover it...for a "medal " as distinguished from a true coin. In Greece the original business of bankers seems to have consisted in changing money for foreigners,...
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Eclectic Magazine: Foreign Literature, Volume 31; Volume 94

1880 - 820 pages
...equal to twenty staters, does not prove that it was ever intended to serve as a coin, against which its size must have been a great objection. Moreover it...for a " medal " as distinguished from a true coin. In Greece, the original business of bankers seems to have consisted in changing money for foreigners,...
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American Illustrated Magazine, Volume 14

1882 - 780 pages
...equal to twenty staters does not prove that it was ever intended to serve as a coin, against which its size must have been a great objection. Moreover, it...very few specimens were struck. Indeed, there is some teaaon to suppose that the French example ia the only one ever made, as the die appears to have been...
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Scientific Lectures

Sir John Lubbock - 1890 - 382 pages
...equal to twenty staters, does not prove that it was ever intended to serve as a coin, against which its size must have been a great objection. Moreover it...for a " medal " as distinguished from a true coin. In Greece the original business of bankers seems to have consisted in changing money for foreigners,...
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The Twentieth Century, Volume 6

1879 - 1160 pages
...equal to twenty staters, does not prove that it was ever intended to serve as a coin, against which its size must have been a great objection. Moreover it...for a ' medal ' as distinguished from a true coin. In Greece, the original business of bankers seems to have consisted in changing money for foreigners,...
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The Nineteenth Century, Volume 6

1879 - 1196 pages
...equal to twenty staters, does not prove that it was ever intended to serve as a coin, against which its size must have been a great objection. Moreover it...for a ' medal ' as distinguished from a true coin. In Greece, the original business of bankers seems to have consisted in changing money for foreigners,...
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