>it was easier to track how much the currency lost value. I think this is a glamorization of the past. I'll bet most exchange throughout history was being done

>it was easier to track how much the currency lost value. I think this is a glamorization of the past. I'll bet most exchange throughout history was being done with some level of fraud baked into the system highly up the chain. Our modern fiscal institutions haven't even been cooking for 100 years and look at all the shit the weird sages in the crown city keep pulling with our green coinage.