Gold Coins, US Gold Coins
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Gold has served as money or established the monetary value of currencies longer than any other material. The use of gold coins was widespread in Europe by 300 B.C.
The earliest coins circulated in the United States
were mostly silver and gold brought from Europe.
The Coinage Act in 1792 established an independent monetary system
with the dollar as the basic U.S. monetary unit.
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