Coins smoothed countless

Coins, smoothed by countless hands, gathered in a merchant’s leather pouch—a dull metallic scent rising with each new addition. The weight shifted not just from one person to another, but subtly across the alloy itself as edges wore and surfaces blended. This continuous exchange blurred distinctions between where value began and ended; provenance dissolved into a diffuse network of transactions. Accepting this constant drift felt less like tracking objects than witnessing wholeness emerge from ongoing change, finally settling into a quiet hum of circulation.