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The article focuses on the value of gold coins and the Euros on the Greek-Turkish border. It says that gold coins and the Euros have the capacity to cross borders without the need for currency conversion. It states that gold sovereigns were used in social exchanges within and between families across the Aegean Sea. Moreover, it highlights the social implications of the shift from gold to Euros as a transnational currency for the peoples of Mytilene and their shifting relations with Ayvalik.