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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;-jeffB, post: 1101936, member: 27832&quot;]Okay, looks like we&#039;ve answered the question of whether the ancients could produce &quot;pure gold&quot;. If we define &quot;pure gold&quot; as &quot;the purest gold the ancients could produce&quot;, then the answer is &quot;yes&quot;. I&#039;m glad we got that cleared up. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Now, let&#039;s go back to the original poster&#039;s question, about how long .999 <b>silver</b> has been used. I&#039;ve provided a link to an item stamped &quot;999/1000&quot; that appears to be from the mid-1800s; <a href="http://www.mapsofworld.com/referrals/metals/silver/999-silver-coin.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.mapsofworld.com/referrals/metals/silver/999-silver-coin.html" rel="nofollow">here&#039;s another link</a> referring to a .999 coin produced in 1830. I&#039;ve provided my reasons for believing that it probably wasn&#039;t produced much before 1800. Can anybody provide a reference indicating that it was?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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