Key Takeaways The denarius was the most important coin of the Roman monetary system and one of the most famous silver coins in history. Its extensive circulation across the vast reaches of the Roman Empire demonstrates the success of silver as a monetary medium. According to numismatic history legend Kenneth Harl in his outstanding book […]
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The best precious metal to invest in depends on your goals. Many, choose to invest in precious metals because they are hard assets with limited supply and therefore offer long term protection against inflation and the devaluation of fiat currencies. However, each precious metal has a different balance of industrial, jewellery and monetary demand and
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There are times in history where the government reluctantly accepts that state money has failed and the market’s money has proven superior. One such example was in the Ming Dynasty and silver. The government had initially banned silver and decreed that the citizens should use devaluing paper currency. Unfortunately for the authorities, the citizens continued
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