The Dual Nature of Ancient Coins: Valuable Metal and Symbolic Abstraction

The primal substance can transform into various particular stuffs and substances./nHeating, cooling, combining, dividing, compressing, extending, or setting in motion can alter the primal substance./nThe primal substance gives rise to the physical objects in the world./nGold shaped into coins is both a material substance and an abstraction./nGold coins embody both the physical and conceptual aspects of money.