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An Empire Across Three Continents

Question
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Why do you think the Roman Government stopped coining in silver? And which metal did it begin to use for the production of coinage ?

Solution
The monetary system of the late empire broke with the silver-based currencies of the first three centuries because the Spanish silver mines were exhausted and government ran out of sufficient stocks of the metal to support a stable coinage in silver.
Gold was used for the production of coinage.