Gold coins are coins, which consist to a large extent of gold. They served in former times as currencies and were today however only for collecting tanks and investor (plant coin) are mostly coined/shaped.

History

Emergence of the gold coins

When the direct exchange commodity decreased/went back against commodity more and more, one used increasingly gold and pieces of silver as currency. One had to weigh first each piece out, in order to determine the value. In 6. Century v. Chr. the lydische king Kroisos gold coins of uniform size and uniform value in small Asia let coin/shape. The first silver coins became however already before around 620 v. Chr. used.

Falsification of the by Abfeilen and edge corrugation

The freshly coined/shaped coin possessed a firmly defined weight. Cheats filed a small quantity gold deaf of the edge off and enriched themselves in such a way. The coin became ever more easily and less worth with each Abfeilung. Therefore the edge corrugation was introduced, so that Abfeilungen were equivalent recognizable.

Advanced cultures and their gold coins

Greece

The Hellenen took over the minting briefly after the small Asians. Each city state had its own coins with own There were the most important embossing places in Athens, Milet and on Rhodos.

Roman realm

Around 225 v. Chr. the first gold coins in the Roman realm were struck. They took over a coining/shaping of the Greeks. Under Julius increases gold coins coined/shaped, among other things the Aureus. Since emperor Augustus on the golden coins the portrait of the emperor were struck.

Old Egypt

The old Egyptians originally coined/shaped no coins. Only as the troops Alexander of the Grossens in 4. Century v. Chr. into Egypt also gold coins marched in Egypt were coined/shaped. Before there was only one exception: Egypt has for the war against the Perser around 360 v. Chr. Mercenary from Sparta and Athens enlisted. After the war these wanted to be paid with gold coins and thus let the Pharao Nektanebos IIITH coins (supposed of Greeks) coin/shape. On the front stands in hieroglyphic writing nbw more nefer or more nefer nub, which translated "fine gold" is called. On the back a jumping horse was to be seen, what also the Greeks had illustrated. This Egyptian coin weighed, like those the Athener, approx. 8.5 G.

Persian realm

The Perserreich was considered as the "gold realm". They already manufactured in 6. Century v. Chr. Goldstater on. Darius I. left starting from 515 v. Chr. increases coins (Dareike) coin/shape.

Celt

The Celts possessed much gold of rivers and mountains. They probably learned the embossing work from the Greeks. The Celts in probably coined/shaped gold coins starting from that 3. Century v. Chr. The western Celts (Gallier) have 2 starting from that. Century v. Chr. Gold coins manufactured. There were embossing places e.g. in Parisii. First still Greek motives were used. Later simple motives were coined/shaped, how e.g. small crosses or points, which formed a circle. These coins were relatively small and had often an easily bent edge.

The Middle Ages

The Merowinger changed, like most realms before, in 7. Century to the silver standard, since gold is rarer and more expensive than silver. With the crusades and the better and better minted remote trade gold coins were again taken up, like e.g. the gold guldens and the Dukaten. After the Middle Ages only rulers gold coins let strike, on which usually the head of the king was shown. Particularly Spain possessed in 16. /17.Jh many gold coins, for which they used the gold from Latin America, which temporarily releases a gold value purge in Spain even opposite the silver.

Purity and weight

The purity of precious metal coins are partitioned as follows:

• Grain - fine weight (Fgw)
• Refinement - fineness (Fgh)
• Pellet - rough weight (Rgw)

Feingold was often indicated in former times in carat. Today the numbers are converted more frequently into parts per thousand, e.g. Fineness of the 916.67/1000 = 916.67 "‰ = 22 carat, fineness of the Viennese Philharmonic 999.9/1000 = 999.9 "‰ = 24 carat.

A carat = 0.04166 Feingold

24 carat = 1000/1000

Admitted gold coins

Further gold coins:

• Libertad (Mexico)
• Hidalgo (Mexico)
• Fox
• Cruzado
• Onza
• Agnel
• Altin
• Altyn
• Dobra
• Toman
• CONDOR
• Fonduk
• Guinee
• Rijder
• Rosenoble

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