Gold and silver coins collection basic

Look at the history of coins and you'll notice two metals that have played a critical part in the development of money: gold and silver. These two metals formed the basis for most great civilizations' systems of money. Greece, Rome, Egypt, Spain, England, the United States, and other countries all based their monetary systems on gold and silver at one time or another. When you hear of the great treasures of the world, you imagine piles of gold and silver, not piles of tin and copper. Why

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