LawrenceChard collection
Gold bars are probably the ultimate form of money, and the forerunners of coins. Ancient coins were lumps of metal, usually precious, with a design impressed upon them, often with a weight, purity, issuer, or  other guarantee of value. This Rothschild gold bar has a backstamp which says RMR (the Royal Mint Refinery, which Rotshchild took over from the RM in 1852, selling in to Engelhard in 1952.
Gold bars are probably the ultimate form of money, and the forerunners of coins. Ancient coins were lumps of metal, usually precious, with a design impressed upon them, often with a weight, purity, issuer, or other guarantee of value. This Rothschild gold bar has a backstamp which says RMR (the Royal Mint Refinery, which Rotshchild took over from the RM in 1852, selling in to Engelhard in 1952.
Europe
Exonumia Europe
1967