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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 385456, member: 112&quot;]That&#039;s correct Bone, but gold coins were very seldom if ever cut into pieces. I&#039;ve never heard of it being done at all as a matter of fact.</p><p><br /></p><p>The reason we often see gold coinage of that period broken in two or nearly so is because the coins were often bent by merchants or people receiving the coins as payment and then straightened back out.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>You see, gold coinage of that period, while often large in diameter, were usually very, very thin. Usually no thicker than a few sheets of paper. And when they were offered for payment the merchant would bend the coin in order to test its authenticity. If the coin was truly gold it would bend and straighten easily. If it was base metal or gilded it would not. But repeated bending of such thin coins would result in a cracked of broken coin even if they were genuine. And that is why we often see gold coins of the period with creases, bends, cracks or even broken in two.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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