From: owner-ammf-digest@smoe.org (alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest) To: ammf-digest@smoe.org Subject: alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest V14 #12783 Reply-To: ammf@fruvous.com Sender: owner-ammf-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-ammf-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest Wednesday, December 13 2023 Volume 14 : Number 12783 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Get Rewarded for Your Opinion: Take Our Survey! ["Walmart Unlocked" Subject: Get Rewarded for Your Opinion: Take Our Survey! Get Rewarded for Your Opinion: Take Our Survey! http://serviceplushomewarrant.shop/VVshTRXc6RudhnO1gxnc0wAYD7bf156FhaR9EtGJttrASQ-9FQ http://serviceplushomewarrant.shop/qZxf0Vq0K1SFn3PJMez_bI7tq47sTP1E256HFXpxNa8_IO7cKA During the Napoleonic wars, large amounts of gold left Britain, and worn guineas and bank notes were used for currency. After the final defeat of Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo (1815), Parliament, by the Coinage Act 1816, placed Britain officially on the gold standard, with the pound to be defined as a given quantity of gold. Almost every speaker in the parliamentary debate supported having a coin valued at twenty shillings, rather than continuing to use the guinea, valued at twenty-one shillings. One reason for the introduction of gold coinage based on the sovereign was that its value, equal to one pound sterling, was more convenient than the guinea. Nevertheless, the Coinage Act did not specify which coins the Mint should strike. A committee of the Privy Council recommended gold coins of ten shillings, twenty shillings, two pounds and five pounds be issued, and this was accepted by George, Prince Regent on 3 August 1816. The twenty-shilling piece was named a sovereign, with the resurrection of the old name possibly promoted by an ------------------------------ End of alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest V14 #12783 ***********************************************