Way back in 1717, the legendary scientist Sir Isaac Newton was the master of The Royal Mint. He recommended the U.K.’s gold guinea coin be assigned a fixed value backed by its weight of gold. This was the beginning of Britain’s gold standard, where all coinage had fixed and stand...
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Way back in 1717, the legendary scientist Sir Isaac Newton was the master of The Royal Mint. He recommended the U.K.’s gold guinea coin be assigned a fixed value backed by its weight of gold. This was the beginning of Britain’s gold standard, where all coinage had fixed and stand...
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