@hashright @ManuelPolavieja @ProfSteveKeen @PeterMcCormack @btcseminar @saifedean @Beautyon_ @pierre_rochard @MustStopMurad this appears to be because they simply didn’t use silver in everyday transactions, even in uncoined bits, but conducted those transactions by credit in reference to silver, and then settled debts with vendors either in grain or whatever was available at periodic intervals
