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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. 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 ...

4. Precious metal - Wikipedia

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   In 2012, the Perth Mint produced a 1-tonne coin of 99.99% pure gold with a face value of $1 million AUD, making it the largest minted coin in the world with a gold value of around $50 million AUD. [2] China has produced coins in very limited quantities (less than 20 pieces minted) that exceed 8 kilograms (260 ozt) of gold.

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. Gold has never been this expensive

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   Gold prices hit an all-time high Monday, buoyed by growing expectations of interest rate cuts among investors, a weaker dollar and geopolitical tensions. Gold has never been this expensive Skip to ...

7. Crown jewels - Wikipedia

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   This crown (termed "the massive gold state crown") and many other royal artifacts were saved when the Rova of Antananarivo (the royal palace and royal tomb complex) burned on November 6, 1995, and are now kept in the Andafiavaratra Palace museum nearby. Many of the rescued items have only recently been put on display.

8. 17 of the most valuable items on the black market - AOL

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   Drugs, weapons and human trafficking. That's probably what comes to mind when thinking about the black market -- but the illegal trade is more varied than you may think, and it also encompasses ...

9. New Year's Day gift (royal courts) - Wikipedia

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   James V gave gifts at the New Year Mass in 1539, and a length of black ribbon was bought to make loops for lockets or pendants known as "tablets". [10] He paid a goldsmith John Mosman £410 Scots for making chains, rings, tablets, bracelets, targets (brooches or hat badges), and other gold work brought to him at Stirling Castle to be New Year's ...