I'm guessing it's easier when there's a centralized power/authority?
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that seems true for coining metals (and obviously paper fiat) but not for other kinds of (proto-) money
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Thag and his people are Cowrie Shell Maximalists, don't pay attention to them.
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Pretty sure that when sumerian priest-kings started actually letting people carry silver around rather than moving notional silver in spreadsheets nobody was terribly concerned about it not being gold. Plus, since the only ones with coinage were soldiers, peasants didn't argue.
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