gxseries ...thanks for the links... USS656...Glad you enjoyed the trivia and the others' participation... JeromeLS... Thanks for the addition of...
AdamL and Phoenix... Thanks to the both of you....for reading and commenting... Always read what others say...because they sometimes add some...
gxseries.... Yes, there are many different kinds of ingots... Japan evens mints 1/2. and 1 gram ingots for use as jewelery, but the next time...
Thanks for pointing that out Troodon....I was thinking about Australia when I typed Krugerrand so made the error which you so graciously...
You can vision the term "gold ingot". It's a rectangular-shaped bar of gold produced by first melting gold ore, nuggets, or dust and secondly...
Thanks acanthite... ...I guess Ishould have made that ckearer Clinker
Here's the Webpage I got a lot of information: There is a paragraph titled "Milled" http://www.24carat.co.uk/guineastoryframe.html
Thanks GDJMSP... The article I got that information from was only about the Guinea and contained three to four times as many facts as I selected...
Thanks. again, everyone for the additional comments. I searched back over my notes and research and it says, "The Guinea was the first gold coin...
The only way to discern the difference is if the rolls or bags from the mints have the P and D designations on them and you send the roll or bag...
Thanks to all of you for your input... Clinker
English coinage owes several precedents (firsts) to a special gold coin called guinea: During the reign of King Charles II, a need arose for a...
Hi Treashunt... Thanks for the comment... Clinker
I just got one on the 10th of March. I don't collect them, but since there are no Panamanian silver coins dated 1935 (my birth year), I bought a...
Nice input...from the questions proposed to the answers derived...Thanks All! Clinker
Nice start for a decent toning, Phoenix21...but I don't have a difinitive answer to your question...but another member will... Clinker
Thanks Phoenix21... thought the fact that a california gold piece was struck by the Philly Mint instead of a "private" firm would get more...
Did you know there were two types of Liberty Head Quarter Eagle gold pieces struck by the Philadelphia Mint? On January 24, 1848, James Wilson...
Some of my best metal detecting days came as I checked under playground equipment at old, closed down school grounds, in parking lots, under the...
To eddiespin Eddie.... Thanks for reading, commenting and your encouragement... Clinker
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