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  2. Great Bullion Famine - Wikipedia

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    By 1405 French gold crowns were hardly issued at all, [10] and in 1409 Parisian money-changers declared they could not sell bullion to the mint at any price. [12] Even the ducal mints of John, Duke of Burgundy, stopped minting coins by 1432–1434. [13] From 1400 to 1420, gold coins were no longer circulated in Toulouse. [13]

  3. Gold crown - Wikipedia

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    Gold crown may refer to: Crown (British coin) Geumgwan(Korean: 금관; Hanja: 金 冠), royal gold crowns of Gaya and Silla. Gold Crown Tomb(Geumgwanchong), a Silla tumulus located in modern-day Gyeongju, South Korea. Gold Crown of Merit; Full gold crown in Dentistry.

  4. Precious metal - Wikipedia

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    The great expense of refining the metal made the small available quantity of pure aluminium more valuable than gold. [16] Bars of aluminium were exhibited at the Exposition Universelle of 1855 , [ 17 ] and Napoleon III 's most important guests were given aluminium cutlery, while those less worthy dined with mere silver. [ 16 ]

  5. Crown gold - Wikipedia

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    Crown gold is a 22 karat (kt) gold alloy used in the crown coin introduced in England in 1526 (by Henry VIII). [1] In this alloy, the proportion of gold is 22 parts out of 24 (91.667% gold). Crown gold is appreciably less prone to wear than the softer 23 kt gold of earlier gold sovereigns — an important point for coins intended for everyday ...

  6. Crown - Wikipedia

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    Crown of King of Persis Ardakhshir II, 1st century BC. Crowns have been discovered in pre-historic times from Haryana, India. [4] The precursor to the crown was the browband called the diadem, which had been worn by the Achaemenid Persian emperors. It was adopted by Constantine I and was worn by all subsequent rulers of the later Roman Empire ...

  7. Minecraft modding - Wikipedia

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    A Minecraft mod is a mod that changes aspects of the sandbox game Minecraft. Minecraft mods can add additional content to the game, make tweaks to specific features, and optimize performance. Thousands of mods for the game have been created, with some mods even generating an income for their authors.

  8. Crowns of Silla - Wikipedia

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    This crown has the distinction of being the only gold crown made solely of gold without any jade accoutrements. Treasure No. 339 The Gold crown from Seobongchong Tumulus ( Korean : 서봉총 금관 ; Hanja : 瑞鳳塚金冠 ; RR : Seobongchong geumgwan ; MR : Sŏbongch'ong kŭmgwan ) is a gold crown of Silla origin that is now housed at the ...

  9. Sovereign (British coin) - Wikipedia

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    The sovereign is a British gold coin with a nominal value of one pound sterling (£1) and contains 0.2354 troy ounces (113.0 gr; 7.32 g) of pure gold.Struck since 1817, it was originally a circulating coin that was accepted in Britain and elsewhere in the world; it is now a bullion coin and is sometimes mounted in jewellery.