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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Rob Woodside, post: 3177580, member: 96187&quot;]I&#039;ve been a mineral collector all my life and recently got interested in gold specimens. The gains in the dope stocks, then permitted a return to coins with an interest in the source of the gold.</p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s recorded on Trajan&#039;s column that he returned from Dacia with 65 tons of gold. I haven&#039;t yet got a Trajan aureus with his column on the reverse. Romania has been the source of fine crystallised gold specimens since collecting them began in the 18th century. Recently a Canadian mining company who wanted to open pit mine&nbsp; the old Roman workings at Rosia Montana were stopped, not to preserve history but to preserve the environment.</p><p><br /></p><p>Some guineas have elephant and castle marks to signify the gold was from West Africa and those with EIC are from the East India Company. Sadly There are no crystallized gold specimens from the African Gold Coast or from India. Similarly the Lima and Vigo coins are from treasure ships stolen from the Spanish who stole it from the locals. So the &quot;source&quot; isn[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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