133 - A Brief History of Inflation In The Roman Empire
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How Do I Know That a Coin Is 90 % Gold and Ten % Copper?
How do i know that a coin is 90% gold and 10% copper? Because my dad told me a story about archimedes, the eureka moment. So if i have a certain weight of gold and i put it in water, it will displace a certain amount of water,. And so you can calculate density. I don't know how to counterfeit coins, but i i could easilyt manoeuver displacement as absolutely i could figure that out.
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