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  2. Money clip - Wikipedia

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    Metal money clip. A metal money clip is generally a solid piece of metal folded into half, such that the banknotes and credit cards are securely wedged in between the two metal pieces. Metal money clips are typically made out of brass, stainless steel, silver, gold, titanium, or platinum and are usually sold as luxury items. The main ...

  3. Debasement - Wikipedia

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    Starting with Nero in AD 64, the Romans continuously debased their silver coins until, by the end of the 3rd century, hardly any silver was left.. A debasement of coinage is the practice of lowering the intrinsic value of coins, especially when used in connection with commodity money, such as gold or silver coins, while continuing to circulate it at face value.

  4. Roman currency - Wikipedia

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    The origin of the word "mint" is ascribed to the manufacture of silver coin at Rome in 269 BC near the temple of Juno Moneta. This goddess became the personification of money, and her name was applied both to money and to its place of manufacture. Roman mints were spread widely across the Empire, and were sometimes used for propaganda purposes.

  5. Ancient Greek coinage - Wikipedia

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    The three most important standards of the ancient Greek monetary system were the Attic standard, based on the Athenian drachma of 4.3 grams (2.8 pennyweights) of silver, the Corinthian standard based on the stater of 8.6 g (5.5 dwt) of silver, that was subdivided into three silver drachmas of 2.9 g (1.9 dwt), and the Aeginetan stater or didrachm of 12.2 g (7.8 dwt), based on a drachma of 6.1 g ...

  6. Great Recoinage of 1696 - Wikipedia

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    Between 1696 and 1700 the value of silver struck was £5,106,019 (£691 million in 2015) [4] compared to £3,302,193 (£413 million in 2015) [4] coined in the preceding 35 years. Old coin was taken back by weight rather than face value.

  7. Silver standard - Wikipedia

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    The Spanish silver dollar created a global silver standard from the 16th to 19th centuries. The silver standard [a] is a monetary system in which the standard economic unit of account is a fixed weight of silver. Silver was far more widespread than gold as the monetary standard worldwide, from the Sumerians c. 3000 BC until 1873.