What was the traditional Spartan view on the use of gold and silver coins as currency?
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Correct answer: They banned them in favor of heavy iron bars to discourage greed and hoarding
Lycurgus is credited with abolishing gold and silver coinage in Sparta, replacing it with heavy, cumbersome iron currency. This made accumulating wealth difficult, discouraged luxury imports, and reinforced the Spartan ideal that citizens should value valor over riches.
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