Self-study
Numismatist: In medieval Spain, most gold coins were minted from gold mined in West Africa, in the area that is now Senegal. ███ ████ █████ ██ ████ ██████ ███ ███ ██████ ██████ ███ ████ ███████ ██ ██ ███████ ███████ █████ ██ ██ ██████ ███████ ████████ ███ █████ ███ ██████ █████ ██████ ████ ████ ██████ ██ ████ ███ ██ ██████████ ███████ ████ ████ ████ ████ ████████ ███ █████ █████ ██████ ████ ███ ████████ █████ █████ ██ █████ ████ ███ ████ █████ ████ ████████ ███ ███ ██████████ ████ ███ █████ ████████
"Surprising" Phenomenon
Why did merchants selling goods often specify that payment should be in coins minted from Senegalese gold?
Objective
The right answer will be a hypothesis for why merchants preferred payment in coins minted from Senegalese gold. This hypothesis will explain a key difference between coins minted from Senegalese gold and coins minted from other types of gold. It could reference the fact that, as the stimulus states, Senegalese gold has a high gold content and was never refined.
13.
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a
Coins minted from ██████████ ████ ███ █████████ ███ ████ ███████ ██ ████ ██ ███ ████ ███████████ ██ █████
b
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c
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d
No gold coins ████ ██████ ████ ███ █ ████ ███████ ██ ████ ████ ██ ████████
e
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