Definition

• The metal which has played the greatest part in the world's monetary systems. In ancient times it was used in a form much purer than that found in modern coins. It is generally supposed that it was first employed for coins in Aegina, about the seventh century B.C. From about the period of Alfred the Great to the middle of the fourteenth century it was the only metal used in England for coining purposes.

Quelle

• Frey's Dictionary (American Journal of Numismatics, Vol. 50, 1916)

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