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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 3269061, member: 19463&quot;]This is out of my period.&nbsp; Does the silver used to strike the heavy miliarense match the silver used to strike the siliqua in terms of alloy/purity?&nbsp; I find it interesting that the earlier Romans handled the down-valuing of the silver coins by lowering the alloy/purity rather than weight.&nbsp; Had they taken the other track, we would need a microscope to see the last issues of Gallienus.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Does anyone know the relations between the first US silver dollars (in terms of value of metal and purchasing power) and the current US clad or golden dollars?&nbsp;&nbsp; The only time we hear about the melt value of coins is when they point out that it costs more than 5 cents to make a &#039;nickel&#039;.&nbsp; The Romans were never ready to accept fiat currency.&nbsp; The end of US silver coinage came while I was in school so most of our membership don&#039;t remember spending silver.&nbsp; The last US people spending gold are getting fewer every day.&nbsp; My recently deceased mother in law (at 104) remembers seeing gold coins but never had that much money at a time that she actually spent one.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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