when the Egyptians linked gold with their life-giving Sun God, Ra. Greek and Roman histories are replete with descriptions of gold as personal adornment, and as a symbol of elite social status and power. In 560 BC, King Croesus of Lydia struck the first gold coin, declaring it the ...
Gold exists more or less evenly dispersed, with exceptions, in the crystallized rocks of the continents and major islands. Some of the notable exceptions of interest to students of the ancient world are abundant deposits in present day Hungary, Germany, the Ural Mountains of Russia, northern Spai...
黄金的历史(History of gold) History of gold From the primitive times to the present modern society, GOLD played an important role in the development and growth of human art, culture and economy. Archaeologists excavated 40 thousand years ago, gold jewelry, handicraft and industrial gold, still ...
Gold coin: As a highly valued metal, gold was used as a financial standard and has been used in coinage for thousands of years. United States ten dollar gold coin from 1850. Image copyright iStockphoto / Brandon Laufenberg. ADVERTISEMENT Gold as a Medium of Exchange Nations of the world ...
According to Herodotus希罗多德(公元前5世纪希腊历史学家,有历史之父之称), and most modern scholars, the Lydians吕底亚人were the first people to introduce the use of gold and silver coin. It is thought that these first stamped coins were minted around 650-600 BC. A stater(state) coin was ma...
The California Gold Rush, Queen Victoria's court, and even the achievements of ancient Greece can all be seen incoin history. Many years ago, however, coin collecting had a more practical purpose. Since there weren't any banks to keep their money in, people hoarded coins as a way to sav...
The project originated as part of the World Gold Council's efforts to raise awareness among journalists, scholars, and the informed public of gold's role as a monetary asset. Some 150 documents are presented in sections on the rise of the gold standard from 1660 to 1819, the heyday of th...
Gold and Silver in Ancient Civilizations - References:[1] http://www.aldokkan.com/art/gold.htm [2] http://www.king-tut.org.uk/ancient-egyptians/egyptian-gold.htm [3] http://www.onlygold.com/tutorialpages/historyfs.htm Disclaimer - None of the contents of www.coinandbullionpages.com ...
Southern ministers encouraged Treasury Secretary Salmon P. Chase in 1861 to inscribe "In God We Trust" on coins. Congress approved and first used the phrase on the two-cent coin in 1864. The inscription was expanded to gold and silver coins with the passage of the 1865 Act. By 1873, all...
The compilation of facts connected with the history of gold and its manufacture into coin has, how ever, been carefully done. Considering that the super structure of modern chemistry was built up on the labours of the "early alchemists," we object to their being de scribed as "those ...