The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1897-03-06
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Coin and Coinage.

The first Roman brass coins weighed
4 900 grains
Tin coins were cast by Dionsius of Syra-
cuse about 405 B. c.
The first New jersey coins were copper
cents, struck in 1856.
The Chinese "cash' is said to have had
its origin about B. G. 1920.
The gold talent is variously computed
at from S1196.21 to S1216.62.
The first Roman coinage Of silver was,
according to Pliny, B c. 269
The Turkish plaster is money of ac-
count, there being no plaster coin.
The best workmanship on Roman coins
was done during the reign of Nero.
Julius Caesar was the first Roman to
have his face represented on coin.
Solon was the first to establish an exact
amount Of gold in the coinage.
Some of the Maccabaan coins have the
words Jerusalem the Holy
The coins of Alexander the Great were
the first to bear the name of king.
The mint of Philadelphia has collection
of 5000 coins of different nations.
The first Canadian coinage was struck
for the French by command of Louis
XIV.
Stone coins are frequently found in
the funeral mounds of the American In
dians.
The first attempt at face on coin was
made by Archelaus of Macedon, b. c.
400.
The earliest coins were irregular, OBJ
long masses of metal stamped only on one
side.
The first American counterfeiter, so far
as known, was enc William Buel, of Yer
mont.
The first coinage of money after the
revoluticn bore in many cases the image Of
Washington.
The tao. or knife coins of China, made
current B. c. 2453, were of iron, in the
shape of daggers.
The bronze coins of Austria and most
other nations have 50 per cent copper and
5 per cent tin.
The 'Virginia halfpennies' were
issued about 1873, but whether for Vir-
ginia or not is not known
The Aztecs filled quills with gold dust,
sealed them, and passed them from hand
to hand as coin
The Roman sestertius was like our
''bit, money of account, having no coin
to represent its value.
The earliest coins of New Hampshire
were of copper pence, los to the Spanish
dollar, issued in 1776
Vermont was the first State to issue a
coinage on its own authority. Copper
coins were issued in 1875.
The first woman face represented on
a coin was that of Pulcheria, the Empress
of the Eastern Empire.
Almost every Roman city in Italy or the
colonies had and exercised the right of
coming money of its own.
In 1915 the Council and Grand AS
sembly of Virginia passed an act to issue
"quoines, but none were struck.
The earliest coinage in Connecticut was
private issue by John Higley made of
copper found on his own farm.
In China gold and silver are merely
commodities, whose price is regulated by
the laws of supply and demand.
The rel of Brazil is an imaginary coin,
no piece of that denomination being coined.
Ten thousand reis equal S5. As.
The most valuable Roman coin was the
aureus, of course of gold, about the size Of
SIS gold piece, and worth SIS. Oh.
The Chinese stamp bars or ingots OF
gold or silver with their weight and fine
ness and pass them from hand to hand as
coin.
The Troyes pound, or, as now called, the
pound Troy weight, was introduced into
England as gold measure in 1917.
The first gold coins made by the United
States mint were finished July 81, 1875,
and consisted of IA ten dollar pieces.
The Romans inscribed on bronze coins
only the legend, moneta sacra, (sacred
money, because bronze was sacred metal.
The earliest Roman coins were stamped
with the figure of an OK, hence the Eng
lish word pecuniary, from pecus, cattle.
Leaden coins, or tokens, were in use
by many ancient nations, and, up to a
short time ago, were employed in Burmah.
The coins issued by the Byzantine
Empire form, during 1000 years, the con-
Meeting link between ancient and modern
coinage
One of the early Washington coins
bears the legend, Washington the Great,
d. G. Only two specimens are known
to exist.
The first purchase of copper for the
United States mint was on September II
1892, and comprised pounds of old cop
per utensils.
Before the French revolution the Aus
trian monarchy had distinct coinage for
each of its principal districts or political
divisions.
The Dutch of New York attempted, as
early as 1861, to establish mint, but
without success. The first coins were
issued about 100.
The first silver coins made at the United
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