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Question
Picture study — This picture shows a valuable source of history.
- Identify the source
- How do you think these are useful?
- What do you understand by the term ‘numismatics’?
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Solution
- The source is a coin.
- Coins give us information about the use of metal during a particular period and the economic conditions of the people.
- Numismatics is the study of coins.
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