I was just imagining like businesses having these to pay for things like imports & inter business commerce among different businesses and stuff...
Is that solid gold or gilding? If it isn’t gilded I wonder what the purity is. Like if it’s crown gold or .999 fine or what? What I find really...
Yup! I love those $50 slugs! The only reason I didn’t mention them is because “technically” they didn’t fit the definition as the US Mint did not...
How heavy is it?
Correction these are the actual 5 unit currencies of equal silver content per coin. Mixed up the Italian Lire with the German mark. [ATTACH]
But didn’t it say it was meant to be used in California because banknotes weren’t circulating there? I imagine $50 & $100 banknotes should have...
Why not both? I imagine anyone would accept it based on it being gold.
If just one person is informed and finds it interesting then the post is worth it :). If you want more information (spoiler: there isn’t a whole...
Wow! I had heard of the “half union” $50 gold coin that was proposed and then cancelled because the 2.7 troy oz coin would be too heavy and...
Congrats! I have one of those on my list.
Hmm I didn’t know that. I do know at one point the Latin Monetary Union was created so that each country had its own currency but the metal...
From what I’ve read even most biblical historians say there was no Jewish captivity in Egypt. However they note it may have been a story inspired...
I guess that one wins! If it was used regularly in commerce rather than being hoarded. Wow and the face value is only 50 pesos. Apparently the...
Just an example. I just used a proof for better details since the uncirculated ones I could find had faint areas and weakly struck areas.
Oh yikes! I should probably make this clear before this post continues any further: *not my coin!* But if you want I think I can find a photo of...
Is that intended for circulation? I’ve seen those many times but I always thought they were like bullion commems.
Ok so by “circulated” I mean that a coin was minted in large numbers by a sovereign mint intended to be used in day to day commerce. Thus...
Thats true but silver is even shiner. There are a lot of shiny metals actually. Why gold in particular?
Apparently there was an exhibition in France where the highest and most honorable of Napoleon’s guests dined on…aluminum. The lesser guests dined...
Hmm but to that I would argue golds high value even among people and cultures with no religious beliefs of any kind and even more who were indeed...
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