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Gold

Gold.
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Lnna,.ar. 80" oonIn,on IN oiI,,ia,
ro,,'1s ,ha', 80, ,r;nn;t;ya an5 ,'," 's''
,aOn,,S ooI's li''' "s +. ~ sipn,d d;sseu;,
g. ,Ia 60, -, ,,,anr,las in The s;I;o;o,,s
c;Il,raors and fsrrns,;nops sands Of car,a;,,
I'M, ,Ia;ns and r;rars anJ esnec;aII,, in ,ha;.
Inn 20, %, ,i,a ,,aro1 ., lou tro,or 49,, as, =.
sto,,ns on5 ,a,,,ororr aooJs II is ,ba 81
metal of a valIoiy color. II ia readily crystoi
EzahIe. or5 oi,,o,.s os,,,ves one or ,,n,a as
The symmatr;coI sbones srcb as tba cnho or
octahe5ron II o,,nIds a resnlendent noI;sl,
and may be- eyposed for any length Of fine
without sntfer;no ,ny cbonGe n 10 remarIo
bic for its beantS. il nineteen times beav;er
than wafer. and one of tbe heaviest know
substonces Its uoIIaob;Ii,v is spch tbo,
cnLic inch will cover thirty-f;ve bnnJrad
so,..,e feet. and ito duct;Iitv is sucb tbat n
| hmm of tbs value of four Lundred doIIars
| couid Ina drawn into a wire which ,vould ax
| tend around tho earth II ia mentioned in
| Genesis ii II II was found IA, The conntr,.
| of Hayilob whore the rivers Fnnbrates and
| Tirris unite and discharge their waters into
| the Persian Gulf
| The relative va,ua of col5 10 silver i, tb.
davs of the patriarch Abraham. was one to
eight: Mt the nrriod n q IOOO If was one to
| twelve; h. G. 500 il was one IN eighteen. at
the commencement Of tbo Christian Era il
was one to nine: A. ID 800 il was ono to
eighteen: A. ID. HOO il was one to eight. A
| d. I55l. il was one to two. A ID Ic00 il wns
| one to eleven. u I613 twas ono IN tbir-
| teen: A. d. 100 il was one to fifteen and n
half; A. d. lslG. il was one TO fourteen: A.
| ID. 1877 il was again one 10 fifteen and
half: in JuIy ls7f il was one 10 twenty. Mt
the present time II ia ono IN seventeen
Gold was considered hnIIion in Palestine
for a lonc fine ofter s;Ivar wos curren, oS
money. The nreciors me,olS obonndaJ in
the emnire of tba pbaroobs as - ottested by
the traces of minin,, onoratiops now exbousf-
ed. and bv tbe multitude of objects of coII
contained in tb.;r tombs In tho carly ne
riod of Grecion b;storv Tho ouantitv ~; IL.
precious metals increased but SLOWLY. The /,
circulating medium did not increase in pro-
portion with the uuantity of bnllion. The |
precious metals abounded in the Levant
Gold was abundant (R G. 400, in Cabnl and |
Little Thibet. 1t was obtained in considera-
bic quantity in the island of Siphnos. and |
also from Mount Pangacus. 1t was an arti |
Gle of great rarity Mt that time in italy. and |
only existed either in the form of ornaments,
or offerings in temples. There was no gold
plate in the possession of priyste persons
and no gold coin. Itwa found in abund.
ance in Turdeltania in Spain. tseems 10 be
u well ascertained fact that il WAS obtained
near the surface go that countries which
formerly Welded the metal in great abupd
ance, are now entirely destitute of il. Gold
WAS also obtained by the Greeks from Asia
Minor, the adjacent islands. which possessed
il in abundance and from india CoIcbis and
Troas. 1t was found mixed with the sands
of the Pactolus and other rivers
The first mention of GOLD money in tba
Bible is in Dayid's reipn fB G.. I05e) when
that king purchased the tbresbinc. floor of
Ornan. for sly hundred sbekels of cold nv
weight. Crnsus (B. G. 56Ol coined the cold
en- slater which contained ono bundra5 and
tbirtv-tbree Grains of nure metal Darius
son Of Hvstssnes ,B- q 53s, coined Jar;cs
containing one hundred and twenty-one
grains of pure metal, which were preferred
Tor several ages throughout the East, for
their tineness Next were some coins OF the
reign of the tyrants of Sicily. of Cello (B. C.
1917; of Hello (B G. 47S); and of Dionysius
(B. G. 400. Specimens of the former two
are still preserved in modern cabinets. Dar-
les are suppose6 to be mentioned in the Old
|
few specimens of the daric have come down
to us. Their scarcity NAV be accounted for
by the fact that they were melted down un-
der the type of Alexander. Gold coin was by
no means abundant in Greece until Philip
OF Macedon put the mines of Thrace into full
operation, about Is. {. 3UO There are only
about a dozen Greek coins in existence, three
of which are in the British Museum; and of
the latter, two are staters. of the weight of
one hundred and twenty -nine grains each.
About Is. G. 207 gold coins were first struck
OIL at Rome, and were called aurei, four
specimens oi which are III the institution be-
iore alluded to. Their weight was one hun j
area ana twenty-lour grams each. Hoid |
com were first issued IN France by CLOVIS, A.
~ 1o'. ABOUT the same time they were !
ISSUED IN Spain' by Amairic, The Gothic hingi
IN ~ Doth countries they were called trientes. :
l ne nout0h' worm about hihe do.iars' was {
ISSUED IN france III iioo.
Gold coins were first issued i'll England in l
1851, i'll the shape of Il penny, of the value |
of twenty pence; only two specimci., have :
come down to us. Florins were nrAt issued. {
in 1884, of the value of six sAillings. The t
noble followed next, of the value of six shil- 1
lings and eightpence; being stamped with {
rose, II was called the rose noble. Angels |
appeared in 1865, of the same value as the '
u |
the value of ten shillings Then came the |
sovereign, of the value OF twenty shiings +
in 1859. The gold crown. OF the value OF v
ten shillings. followed in 1927. Unites and
lions were issued in lGO3 the laurel, of the l
value of twenty shillings, in 1905; and exir- t
oats in 1912. The guinea was first issued in q
1868 of Guinea gold. In 1913 all the gold e
,oins except the guinea were called in and I
to be circulated The present SOW d
reign was first issued in 1917. The Ameri- !
an halfeagle was first issued in 1883. Il
The gold mipas of Perm ,vsr. rexeoled to 0
eprone bv Piznrro in 15I3 The richest goId Il
pines orc .bout UnrIos orJ Trrr,, N1ost {
!, the rivers Of tbe inJes by;nc down anr,f. ii
- sonJ IN onn,,al ,,rojiS'ot IS III :, h
,a,,h ar,or;oa :; ,I;r,, ,if;I;',',' IS I'll, Ii
rn ,,oid r,inas Of No. - ,,,,,,,h, ia,,', r.
=. o. -, .a,,l,i'1 IL, Il
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~ ~ ,ras,ar, s,on. - tho C"ri,na Ir " r. i VI d
h. n;nino racipn occun;ss an aroa ~; nna p
- ,Io,.a,,J ,,,,,orp -, o. ' NJ W d
IN 1i'i - ~ IL. ;' ~. ~. b
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.-a , 80 ,I S,,', "il,' I'M w WV r,
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w 'iir VI .ho bou; upon 'no P'i- Il
~ Va ~ =" b. y. 80 80 ~ ih,i fio II
W 'Ho IN ~ i''' " Ola M
NV " - ,.. W .''I a. 80, u
me In IN i'', - ". ''o ~ ~',Ai'nii S'.u il
,n's " .ns iit'1 " II
i,eeh huhuieo n,iiiioiia ., uoiiais. Inc 10 /,
III Pru"uT' VI 'no 'o"'" Aileii'"h Hold n
mines to the present time has amounted to N
,,, ,b,ne,nj riIIinns of dnIIaru III a., ci
ola ,,,in, in IA. Iri,cd Stats ,ro. j;sco,ar
i in N.oJov Cra,t C,Imrrns cnnrtyN ~ el
n i-pg Ly Conrad Reed rhe Csiiforn;, III
Oh n,i,nS ,r.,.. d;scovcrad Inv W;,Gnn, NJ II,
h.Il on tho ninth dav of Februorv ISIS at HI
-. NI;u NOV H., .n,orico,, ~ ~, a.. n
n,r,r,,,,,o n,J ext,uJ f,,r, n j.1,r.,., q, pl
q Janraas nf north Isti,nJ, rba 1rodrc, Ia
, a. BE, sIona a, H. U,;,.J ST =, al
l,a ,,rosan, ,;mo has Amounted to ,uo ,l,,.,, OF
AMI m;ll;ops Of dollars Tho nroJnct If ,ho q
.nyo ST. ,ni,ea bos amounted to Az MI ct
nns or JoIIors Tbe Ans,r,I;o cnIJ uinas +
,ern discovered Nv Edward Hammond Unr- 81
rov,s il, no U,,iurst ami W,,IIrctn, ~. fo
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