Just like that, the free coin gradually finished the process of monetization after a hundred years. It was on par with the crystal coin of the Imperium in many fields, if not above it.
That was why the Business Alliance of Ten Thousand Sectors was capable of supporting the reformists in their cry for reform and sending tremendous capitals to the central worlds right under the nose of the four families, and the four families could do nothing about it.
On the surface, it was the competition between the reformists and the four families, but actually, it was the competition between the free coin and the crystal coin. That was the mainline of the splendid battles in the past hundred years.