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<p>[QUOTE="randygeki, post: 820066, member: 13719"]Not to be confused with <a href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Billion" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Billion"><span style="color: #002bb8">Billion</span></a>.</p><p><b>Billon</b> is an <a href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Alloy" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Alloy"><span style="color: #002bb8">alloy</span></a> of a <a href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Precious_metal" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Precious_metal"><span style="color: #002bb8">precious metal</span></a> (most commonly <a href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Silver" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Silver"><span style="color: #002bb8">silver</span></a>, but also <a href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Mercury_(element)" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Mercury_(element)"><span style="color: #002bb8">mercury</span></a>) with a majority base metal content (such as <a href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Copper" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Copper"><span style="color: #002bb8">copper</span></a>). It is used chiefly for making <a href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Coin" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Coin"><span style="color: #002bb8">coins</span></a>, <a href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Medal" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Medal"><span style="color: #002bb8">medals</span></a>, and <a href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Token_coin" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Token_coin"><span style="color: #002bb8">token coins</span></a>.</p><p>The word comes from the <a href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/French_language" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/French_language"><span style="color: #002bb8">French</span></a> <i>bille</i>.<a href="http://www.cointalk.com/#cite_note-dic.com-0" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/#cite_note-dic.com-0"><span style="color: #002bb8">[1]</span></a></p><p>The use of billon coins dates from ancient <a href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Ancient_Greek" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Ancient_Greek"><span style="color: #002bb8">Greece</span></a> through the <a href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Middle_Ages" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Middle_Ages"><span style="color: #002bb8">Middle Ages</span></a> . During 6th and 5th century BC, some cities on <a href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Lesbos_Island" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Lesbos_Island"><span style="color: #002bb8">Lesbos</span></a> island used coins made of 60% copper and 40% silver. In both ancient times and the Middle Ages, leaner mixtures were adopted, with less than 2% silver content.<a href="http://www.cointalk.com/#cite_note-tulane-1" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/#cite_note-tulane-1"><span style="color: #002bb8">[2]</span></a><a href="http://www.cointalk.com/#cite_note-eh.net-2" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/#cite_note-eh.net-2"><span style="color: #002bb8">[3]</span></a></p><p>Billon coins are perhaps best known from the <a href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Roman_Empire" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Roman_Empire"><span style="color: #002bb8">Roman Empire</span></a>, where progressive <a href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Debasement" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Debasement"><span style="color: #002bb8">debasements</span></a> of the Roman <a href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Denarius" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Denarius"><span style="color: #002bb8">denarius</span></a> and the Roman provincial <a href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Tetradrachm" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Tetradrachm"><span style="color: #002bb8">tetradrachm</span></a> in the second century AD led to declining silver and increasing bronze content in these denominations of coins. Eventually, by the third quarter of the second century AD, these coins were almost entirely bronze, with only a thin coating or even a wash of silver.<a href="http://www.cointalk.com/#cite_note-3" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/#cite_note-3"><span style="color: #002bb8">[4]</span></a></p><p>-------</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><img src="http://www.cointalk.com/attachments/68359d1266120378-79lg.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><br /></p><p>Nero & Tiberius Billon Tetradrachm of Alexandria. Year 13.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="randygeki, post: 820066, member: 13719"]Not to be confused with [URL="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Billion"][COLOR=#002bb8]Billion[/COLOR][/URL]. [B]Billon[/B] is an [URL="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Alloy"][COLOR=#002bb8]alloy[/COLOR][/URL] of a [URL="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Precious_metal"][COLOR=#002bb8]precious metal[/COLOR][/URL] (most commonly [URL="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Silver"][COLOR=#002bb8]silver[/COLOR][/URL], but also [URL="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Mercury_(element)"][COLOR=#002bb8]mercury[/COLOR][/URL]) with a majority base metal content (such as [URL="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Copper"][COLOR=#002bb8]copper[/COLOR][/URL]). It is used chiefly for making [URL="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Coin"][COLOR=#002bb8]coins[/COLOR][/URL], [URL="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Medal"][COLOR=#002bb8]medals[/COLOR][/URL], and [URL="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Token_coin"][COLOR=#002bb8]token coins[/COLOR][/URL]. The word comes from the [URL="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/French_language"][COLOR=#002bb8]French[/COLOR][/URL] [I]bille[/I].[URL="http://www.cointalk.com/#cite_note-dic.com-0"][COLOR=#002bb8][1][/COLOR][/URL] The use of billon coins dates from ancient [URL="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Ancient_Greek"][COLOR=#002bb8]Greece[/COLOR][/URL] through the [URL="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Middle_Ages"][COLOR=#002bb8]Middle Ages[/COLOR][/URL] . During 6th and 5th century BC, some cities on [URL="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Lesbos_Island"][COLOR=#002bb8]Lesbos[/COLOR][/URL] island used coins made of 60% copper and 40% silver. In both ancient times and the Middle Ages, leaner mixtures were adopted, with less than 2% silver content.[URL="http://www.cointalk.com/#cite_note-tulane-1"][COLOR=#002bb8][2][/COLOR][/URL][URL="http://www.cointalk.com/#cite_note-eh.net-2"][COLOR=#002bb8][3][/COLOR][/URL] Billon coins are perhaps best known from the [URL="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Roman_Empire"][COLOR=#002bb8]Roman Empire[/COLOR][/URL], where progressive [URL="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Debasement"][COLOR=#002bb8]debasements[/COLOR][/URL] of the Roman [URL="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Denarius"][COLOR=#002bb8]denarius[/COLOR][/URL] and the Roman provincial [URL="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Tetradrachm"][COLOR=#002bb8]tetradrachm[/COLOR][/URL] in the second century AD led to declining silver and increasing bronze content in these denominations of coins. Eventually, by the third quarter of the second century AD, these coins were almost entirely bronze, with only a thin coating or even a wash of silver.[URL="http://www.cointalk.com/#cite_note-3"][COLOR=#002bb8][4][/COLOR][/URL] ------- [IMG]http://www.cointalk.com/attachments/68359d1266120378-79lg.jpg[/IMG] Nero & Tiberius Billon Tetradrachm of Alexandria. Year 13.[/QUOTE]
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