Persian COINAGE. All the money made in Persia is struck with a hammer, as is that of the rest of Asia: and the same may be understood of America, and the coasts of Africa, and even Muscovy: the king's duty, in Persia, is seven and a half per cent. for all the monies coined, which are lately reduced to silver and copper, there being no gold coin there, except a kind of medals, at the accession of a new sophi.