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Fine Style Gold coins throughout the ages |
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We are a member of the American Numismatic Association. All coins are guaranteed genuine in perpetuity, except where explicitly noted. All coins are available for sale or trade. All serious offers considered. Click the images to see the coins. Click the coins to see larger images. If a coin doesn't load, click the heading again.
All coins are kept in bank vaults.
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Gold Coins and medalsThe history of gold coinage is the history of world political power. Since Croesus of Lydia, gold coins have both symbolized and actualized political and mililtary might. Solon Numismatics presents a collection of gold coins from the Lydians through the Greeks, the Romans, the Byzantines, the Medieval Kingdoms of France, England, Spain and the Italian city-states, right through to modern times. These coins have been chosen not only for beauty and state of preservation, but also because they can be read as informative historical documents. For the vast majority of recorded history, perhaps for the reasons enumerated by Aristotle,* gold has always been money. There are many recorded instances of civilizations attempting to use an array of other types of currency: cowrie shells, chocolate, beer, oxen, little colored pieces of paper, and our modern experiment with electronic chits, and finally crypto currencies. So far, all other currencies have failed. What happens next to global currencies as Zero Interest Rate Policy morphs into Negative Rates and MMT - is anybody's guess. But the stability, durability, and constancy of gold over the last 3000 years of human history is looking more attractive with every passing day. *"Gold is durable, not like wheat, divisible, not like diamonds, convenient, not like lead, constant, not like real estate, and best of all, as jewelry, it has intrinsic value."
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