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<p>[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 7794070, member: 112"]In a lot of their coins they did use high fineness silver or gold, but, that was only for the higher value, (larger denomination), coins. </p><p><br /></p><p>Think about it for a minute Blake, how do make a coin that is comparable in denomination to a cent, a nickel, or a dime, out of high fineness silver or gold ? In a practical sense you can't do it because the coins would be so small you couldn't even hold on to them. </p><p><br /></p><p>Their answer to this problem was to use what they called billon, a metal composed of low or sometimes very low percentage of silver with other base metals. That way there was at least some silver value in the coin, that kept the coin big enough to handle easily, but it was a small enough amount to make it comparable in denomination to a fraction of a cent, a cent, a nickel, etc etc.</p><p><br /></p><p>Ya see, back then many cultures believed that all coins had to have at least some silver or gold in them. They simply didn't believe in making coins out of base metals. That said, some did use base metals, but many did not. And that's why they used billon.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 7794070, member: 112"]In a lot of their coins they did use high fineness silver or gold, but, that was only for the higher value, (larger denomination), coins. Think about it for a minute Blake, how do make a coin that is comparable in denomination to a cent, a nickel, or a dime, out of high fineness silver or gold ? In a practical sense you can't do it because the coins would be so small you couldn't even hold on to them. Their answer to this problem was to use what they called billon, a metal composed of low or sometimes very low percentage of silver with other base metals. That way there was at least some silver value in the coin, that kept the coin big enough to handle easily, but it was a small enough amount to make it comparable in denomination to a fraction of a cent, a cent, a nickel, etc etc. Ya see, back then many cultures believed that all coins had to have at least some silver or gold in them. They simply didn't believe in making coins out of base metals. That said, some did use base metals, but many did not. And that's why they used billon.[/QUOTE]
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