Message:

<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Burton Strauss III, post: 24585233, member: 59677&quot;]Fineness or weight has also been adjusted in fruitless attempts to legislate the Gold/Silver ratio.</p><p><br /></p><p>US changes to silver coin weight in 1853 and 1874...</p><p><br /></p><p>The US trime of 1851-1853 was partly an attempt to normalize below value minor coins. 0.8g of 0.750 fine, vs 1854 and later 0.75g of 0.900 fine.</p><p><br /></p><p>If you look at the data with a belief that the rulers of the time thought they could pull the wool over the eyes of the sheep, that&#039;s about half.</p><p><br /></p><p>The other half is out &amp; out theft, e.g. the debasement of the colonial Spanish silver was just the locals ripping off the King. Hang a few, cancel their commissions to mint for the crown and resell the commissions to new thieves solved that for a while.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

Your name or email address:

Do you already have an account?

• No, create an account now.
• Yes, my password is:
• Forgot your password?

Stay logged in