AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-23 days agoAccording to Gresham’s law, people historically spent coins with the worst metal content first and stashed the best. This suggests that Ea-nāṣir’s shitty copper is still in circulation.message-squaremessage-square7fedilinkarrow-up1104arrow-down15
arrow-up199arrow-down1message-squareAccording to Gresham’s law, people historically spent coins with the worst metal content first and stashed the best. This suggests that Ea-nāṣir’s shitty copper is still in circulation.AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-23 days agomessage-square7fedilink
minus-squareTranquilTurbulence@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·4 days agoBut it’s probably very diluted, considering how much copper has been mined in the last 4000 years. BTW, it’s also likely, that your car battery has some lead from Roman pipes. Once again, highly diluted, but still.
But it’s probably very diluted, considering how much copper has been mined in the last 4000 years.
BTW, it’s also likely, that your car battery has some lead from Roman pipes. Once again, highly diluted, but still.