port

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The place where ships put in and cargo is loaded and unloaded.

Drachm of Artemis and the lionc. 375–200 BC Rupee of Aurangzeb (from a shipwreck)1113 AH (1702 AD) Carolus Dollar (Honyo)1794

⚠ Currencies from various regions gather in ports. This is why the business of money changing and exchange developed in port towns.