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purity

純度 — Measuring

Freedom from admixture. In coinage it is called fineness.

Electrum trite Electrum triteBC 610–560 Gold daric Gold daricc. BC 510–330 Denarius DenariusBC 211–
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In everyday language, “purity” is more common. In this course material, we use “fineness” as a signal that we are discussing coinage.