| Show HISTORY OF GOLDEN GUINEA A Coin That Few Ever See Last Was Minted in 1813 With poets license Tennyson tells us how the jingling of the guinea Inea helps the hurt that honor feels eels It I is doubtful if the poet ever er heard a guinea jingle and certainly certain few of the readers of Locks Locksley ley hey Hall have ever set eyes on that rocks coin Hal says sas the London Globe And yet such Is the force of habit we talk tatk about gum guin guineas and reckon In guineas and read about the jingling of guineas without ever ask asking ak aking asking ing ourselves why wh a coin cin which Is no longer a coin persists persist in lingual currency but popular not only onh poetic The last guinea issued from the mint bears Hate 1813 groats and were copied fate in the era groat of o Victoria why wh then has mankind including the poets poet forgot forgotten ten all about the latter later and clung cung to the former al There seems no obvious reason It may ma be because the guinea had so long I a reign or because the word itself Itel reig is batchy c catchy ch or because sellers have found readier customers for goods at one guinea than for goods at one pound one It was in the reign of Charles IIlo be I exact in the year ear the first golden guinea was brought into the world made In a anew anew anew of new coinage It was P part rt a I wa to It milled a device delce new way wa for Cor was n prevent clipping which indeed had been introduced in Elizabeths time but soon two abandoned There were five e guinea Inea aban guinea guinea and halt half hat guinea pieces Sd the were so named because many and they WEre them made from gold brought them were of oC from Guinea by the Company Compan of Royal Trading In Af At of or England rca r i to this company s allusion probably In the king ordered that the pieces should should arms arm wear the image of tat a little white which Wee intend as a marko marka elephant Vel distinction from the rest of our gold of and silver monies and an ment siver the said company In the Importing unto On to be he coined and silver of or some gold of the coins siver too there is 15 a castle caste be that in and the reason for this may ma Schell In Holmes captured Sir Robert 1668 ll Robrt Dutch sail containing bullion ing bay ba ICO sai 10 inA Cape Coast castle In and gold dust from Cape Guinea and that this booty found its It olt is cele celebrated celebrated into the mint The exploit s way wa mint in Annus of the inci mci incident It Is curious In the light Inc dent I that the guineas were cut by a Dutchman named John Roetter who competed for Cor the work with an English Englishman beat him while Thomas Simon and man ma Thoms a foreigner again the Frenchman Blon Blondeau Blondean had charge agin of or the milling miling apparatus dean deau Simon was chargE disgusted at his defeat defeat and show that he was really realy the better betterman betterman betterman to man made and an presented to the king r what as the Petition I to be known Petton came Came Crown The king however ignored this appeal The new coinage apparently apparent I caS caused no little stir sUr for the immortal i diarists calse diarist of or that day dM both mention menton it I March Evelyn on Now No It was wrote the fine new milled coin 9 1664 1 that money mone and guineas was both of white there established and tells how dined with us today toda March 9 16 1663 Mr of the mint who showed UI us al althe all sue silver g the new s pieces both or of gold and siver lion Blon were ere made for the king by that and compared them with wa deans way of Oliver The pictures made for those thoe Olver the thA latter litter made by b Symons Simon and andor one Rottier a aGerman aGerman aGerman of or the king by Roter L think t that dined with us S also German The guinea l I moreover or rather the tIle ele elephant e side to that which pliant upon the reverse revere II receives no notice bore the bust of or Charles Charle I no flee Uce tice In prose pro e where he be speaks little animal which was on ona ona ona of or a great tte sudden a turned so yellow and grown a have unwieldy that he might withal so o passed current for the elephant elep ant upon a p passe and popular combinations of or the word gunny guinn I Quickly quickly quick arose such as guinea dropped a cheat who had practiced the the trick of dropping coins and guinea 01 hen lien or Our Ou fore forefathers forefather forefathers with the coin coinage coinage coinage fathers had ad much trouble father they the could not get g t metal age enough to coin sometimes the market value lue of the thc metal used for or coining was such that men menfou found d it profitable to melt 4 down their money mane and sell el it in bulk sometimes kings notably Henry VIII VII de debased debased based the coinage colna e and until milling de came the rule clipping was wa of or constant practice Silver was the sole standard until ISIS and ocasio naIl the golden guinea was subject to the silver 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