States operated complex economies for over 2,000 years without coins.

Evidence

For more than 2,000 years states ran complex economies and international trading networks without a coin to hand. — Neil MacGregor, A History of the World in 100 Objects, 419

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Neil MacGregor, A History of the World in 100 Objects, 419
• XREF: connects to: Armenian silk traders sustained 300 years of commerce without a state — Norenzayan, Ara, Big gods - how religion transformed…, 199