Crossposted at Dailykos.com Last time we were beginning to enter the “modern” era of US coinage. We shall complete that transition this time, and put us into the early modern era, which I define as until 1933. Next time we shall try to get to the present. Even though coin design is similar to the [...]
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Crossposted at Dailykos.com This time we will talk a little more history, then about the alloys used in coins, past and present. Last time we discussed the problem with using both gold and silver for coins, and numerous attempts were taken to address that.
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Crossposted at Dailykos.com Next Sunday, Pique the Geek goes back to a more science and technology oriented format. However, there seemed to be a decent amount of interest in coins, so I will write occasional pieces on that topic. We will begin by discussing how coins were and are made, and the locations where they [...]
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