"Yes, it can't be imitated!" George Bernard Shaw said proudly.

He then pointed to the brass coin and gave Ismaili I a detailed description:

"Your Majesty, please see, this kind of copper coin is not only golden in color, but also difficult to imitate. Moreover, the craftsmanship is quite clever. You see, isn't the handwriting and pattern on it very beautiful and clear? ”

The Beihai Kingdom brass coins are pressed by a spiral press while they are hot, and are naturally much more exquisite than those hand-made by craftsmen. Not only is the pattern exquisite, but the handwriting is also very prominent and clear. It looks very tall. There is no way, the machine is made by the machine, but it is more standard than the manual.

Ismaili I compared other copper coins with the copper coins of the North Sea Kingdom, and sure enough, George Bernard Shaw did not brag......

Copper coins are much more difficult to mint than gold coins, and because gold coins are soft, they are easy for craftsmen to beat. Copper, on the other hand, is only softer when it is just baked, and it is more suitable for hammering. However, it was difficult for the craftsmen to finish striking the copper coins in a relatively short period of time. When the copper coin cools down, it becomes difficult to process. Therefore, before the advent of the mint, the handwriting and design on copper coins were always worse than those on gold coins.

However, the copper coins of the Beihai Kingdom were vigorously pressed with a spiral coin press while they were hot, and their exquisite patterns and their own clarity were no less than those of gold and silver coins.

The more I look closely, the more Ismaili I likes the brass coins of the North Sea Kingdom. After putting down the brass coin, Ismaili I, after struggling for a while, suddenly said:

"Envoy, I would like to ask, can your country help Persia mint a batch of copper coins on its behalf?"

"What?" George Bernard Shaw thought he had misheard.

"I mean, I want to ask your country to help Persia mint a batch of brass coins like this on my behalf!"

George Bernard Shaw was stunned and said:

"Your Majesty, is there a foreign country to mint this coin?" Anyway, George Bernard Shaw hadn't heard of such a thing.

You must know that coinage is also profitable, especially when minting gold and silver coins, which are very profitable. Moreover, the carving of the monarch's head on the coin also has important political significance. Therefore, under normal circumstances, as long as European monarchs have the right to mint money, they will not fake others. In particular, they were reluctant to give away the windfall profits from the seigniorage of gold and silver coins.

Ismaili I blushed and explained:

"Yes, Persia, though it was great, lacked metal, and it lacked copper. Therefore, we in Persia are currently mainly ...... in foreign currencies"

Yes, the great Persia, which now does not have its own minting agency, mainly relies on the introduction of foreign currency to meet the needs of the market.

If George Bernard Shaw had read about the Safavid Empire in Persia, he would have written in the "Economy" column that [the Safavid Empire] mainly exported carpets, silk, and textiles, and other exports were horses, wool, pearls, and almonds, which were used as condiments in India. The main imports are coins, textiles, spices, metals, coffee and sugar.

In other words, the imported products of the Persian Safavid Dynasty, coins actually ranked first. In other words, the dignified Persian Safavid dynasty did not have the ability to mint its own coins, but relied on the introduction of currency from abroad......

At present, the most numismatic coins in the Persian market are silver and copper coins from India. And, of course, the more popular gold dinar coins throughout the world of Yserland.

However, the Indian silver coin Bilang is very pitiful. Because, when the monarchs of India minted coins, they vigorously doped this "silver coin" with impurities such as copper and lead. As a result, the Indian Bilang silver coins were as corrupt as the European silver coins.

It's copper coins, and there's nothing to say. Because, there's nothing more to add. The metal that is cheaper than copper is probably iron, but iron and copper do not fuse, and it is difficult to mix together. So, copper coins are nothing. The Indian copper coin is called tanka, and a tanka copper coin weighs about 7 grams. There are also one-half tanka copper coins, weighing 3.5 grams, similar to European gold coins.

Ismaili I planned to ask the North Sea Kingdom to help mint half of the brass coins of the tanka. Of course, in Persian and Persian units. Its weight, which Ismaili I intended to imitate the Indian one-half tanka copper coin, was set at 3.5 grams.

In fact, the Safavid Empire of Persia did not have no coinage, but very little. For example, Ismaili I ordered the minting of Persian dinar coins. However, only a small number of gold coins were minted as a symbol of royal power. As for the silver and copper coins, I'm sorry, but I don't have that strength and no materials......

Therefore, in the Safavid Empire at this time, the currency was quite chaotic. There are not only Indian gold dinars, silver Adris, and very low silver bilang coins, but also copper tanka coins. Of course, there are also Portuguese silver rials. But as the Portuguese gradually monopolized Persian trade, as a result, Persian Portuguese currency became more and more numerous. In modern times, because of the deep influence of Portugal, later Iran directly set the name of the currency as the rial.

Of course, this is for later. But now, Ismaili I also saw bad consequences. That is, because of its own inability to mint coinage on a large scale, the market is about to be occupied by foreign currency. This was detrimental to the rule of the Safavids, so Ismaili I was tempted to mint his own coins.

However, due to the lack of materials and the lack of moneysmiths, Ismaili I was unable to implement it.

But this visit from George Bernard Shaw made Ismaili I think of another possibility - to ask foreigners to help mint coins!

Although, it's a bit shameless to do so. However, it is even more shameful to let foreign currencies flood the market. Ismaili I didn't really need the market to be full of national currency, as long as he could see his own currency everywhere in the market and be able to compete with foreign currencies, and that was enough.

Moreover, the brass coins minted in the Beihai Kingdom are really exquisite. If some scripture quotes were added to the gold coins, especially Shia propaganda texts, it would be beneficial for the Safavid dynasty......

Eventually, Ismaili I decided to engrave the new Persian Safavid Empire bronze coins with the same Persian characters as on the gold coins - "Just, righteous, and authoritative Sultan, Ismaili Shah the Victor, **** Khan, treasure the Lord to bless all that he has for eternity"......

This passage is very long, and it directly occupies the front of the copper coin, and the head cannot be engraved. But Ismaili I did not care, because the coins of Isseranized Persia were not accustomed to carving heads, but preferred to engrave verses from the ancient Bran. In fact, the real reason is that they are afraid that the craftsmen will not carve well and affect the image of the monarch.

But after seeing the exquisite brass coins of the Beihai Kingdom, Ismaili I was also a little hesitant. After all, it's also an option to engrave your own head on a coin for people to look at......

So, Ismaili I and George Bernard Shaw agreed that the North Sea Kingdom would make two versions of the pattern and then give it to him, and he would make the final decision. As for the portrait of Ismaili I, it was provided by a Persian court painter. However, it will take a while......

And Ismaili I made an agreement with George Bernard Shaw that if the pattern was qualified and the Beihai State bid was reasonable, he would be willing to ask the Beihai Kingdom to make 50 million new copper coins......