By Patrick Heller
Most of the first colonists in what is now the United States came from England. They adopted many English customs and laws which have continued to the present day. But, have you ever wondered why the American money system is based on the decimal system of dollars and cents rather than the on the British pounds, shillings, and pence?
The dollar is derived from the term thaler
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The Vienna Philharmonic Gold Bullion Coin and the Austrian Mint
Vienna Philharmonic Gold Coin By Ron Drzewucki – Modern Coin Wholesale ….. Question: Which bullion coins have face values denominated in euros? Well, let’s start by seeing how many European bullion coins are out there? You might expect Europe to be full of countries churning them out, but it’s not. You’ve got the United Kingdom, […]
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History of Coins – TWO-BITS, FOUR-BITS, SIX-BITS, EIGHT…
By Leon F. McClellan …… Have you ever wondered why a United States quarter-dollar is called “two-bits”? Or, a half-dollar “four-bits”? Do you know why we call our basic monetary unit “dollar” instead of something else? Two-bits, four-bits, six-bits and eight-bits make reference to the eight-reales silver coin of New Spain and Mexico. It is […]
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The Vienna Philharmonic Gold Bullion Coin and the Austrian Mint
By Ron Drzewucki – Modern Coin Wholesale ….. Question: Which bullion coins have face values denominated in euros? Well, let’s start by seeing how many European bullion coins are out there? You might expect Europe to be full of countries churning them out, but it’s not. You’ve got the United Kingdom, Russia, Ukraine and […]
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The Vienna Philharmonic Gold Bullion Coin and the Austrian Mint
By Ron Drzewucki – Modern Coin Wholesale ….. Question: Which bullion coins have face values denominated in euros? Well, let’s start by seeing how many European bullion coins are out there? You might expect Europe to be full of countries churning them out, but it’s not. You’ve got the United Kingdom, Russia, Ukraine and Austria. […]
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The Vienna Philharmonic Gold Bullion Coin and the Austrian Mint
By Ron Drzewucki – Modern Coin Wholesale ….. Question: Which bullion coins have face values denominated in euros? Well, let’s start by seeing how many European bullion coins are out there? You might expect Europe to be full of countries churning them out, but it’s not. You’ve got the United Kingdom, Russia, Ukraine and Austria. […]
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The Friedrich Popken and Ernst Otto Horn Collections at Künker Auctions
The Popken and Horn collections are just two of the many highlights of the 2015 Künker Summer Sale. The almost 4,000 lots, their estimates adding up to 5.5 million euros, include numerous rarities from all around the world – from Medieval to Modern Times. Everybody will find his favorite coin when Künker starts its Summer […]
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The Vienna Philharmonic Gold Bullion Coin and the Austrian Mint
By Ron Drzewucki – www.moderncoinwholesale.com…. Originally posted on Ron’s blog at www.moderncoinwholesale.com on 1/5/2015. Question: Which bullion coins have face values denominated in euros? Well, let’s start by seeing how many European bullion coins are out there? You might expect Europe to be full of countries churning them out, but it’s not. You’ve […]
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The Maria Teresa Taler – A Coin for the Centuries, Part II
By David Thomason Alexander for CoinWeek… *** Editor’s Note: Be sure to check out David Alexander’s excellent first installment of this excellent two-part history of Austria’s Maria Teresa Taler by clicking here. At the end of her eventful life, Maria Theresa received greater love from her peoples than she did in the stressful opening years of her […]
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