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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GinoLR, post: 15759959, member: 128351&quot;]It is true that under the Carolingian dynasty (9th-10th c.) gold coinage gradually disappeared from Western Europe. From the 10th to the mid-13th c. all coinage in France, for example, royal or feudal, was in debased silver : no gold, no bronze too. This why the word &quot;money&quot; in in French &quot;argent&quot;. A few gold coins could circulate but they were all dinars from Islamic countries or &quot;besants&quot; from the Byzantine Empire. </p><p>The economical expansion in late medieval Europe needed gold to maintain a dynamic commerce. A few gold coins were minted in Italy, France, etc. from the second half of the 13th c. but gold coinage remained very rare in Europe until Spain invaded South America in the early 16th c. and brought home tons of gold from the New World.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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