10 most difficult coins riddles

A list of coins related questions that are most often answered incorrectly

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Which golden coin was the most valuable?

Escudo, ducat and florin had similar weight of approx 3.5 g of pure gold. Doubloon was simply double-escudo, weighting 6.77 grams. This Spanish coin was also widely used in France, named pistole.

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Where does the name of the Russian currency come from - the ruble?

from breaking

from the red color

from a two-headed eagle

from notches on the edge

The word "ruble" comes from the verb meaning "break" and refers to the Middle Ages, when pieces of silver were broken into smaller ones when changing money. The ruble was the world's first decimal currency: it was decimalised in 1704 when the ruble became legally equal to 100 kopeks.

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What's the name of a non-round coin?

A klippe is a square coin minted on more easily produced square flans either using round or square dies. These coins were originally issued under unfavourable conditions, such as a city under siege. Such emergency coins were issued in Vienna in 1529, while the city was besieged by the troops of the Ottoman Empire.

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Where were the first coins developed?

The first coins were developed in Iron Age Anatolia around the 7th and 6th centuries BC. They spread rapidly in the 6th and 5th centuries BC, throughout Greece and Persia, and further to the Balkans.

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Which currency was the first to be converted to the decimal system?

American dollar

British pound sterling

Frank of revolutionary France

Russian ruble

The new ruble, introduced by the monetary reform of Peter the Great in 1704, was the first currency based on the decimal system.

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Which of the following currencies was decimalised last?

Polish zloty

Austro-Hungarian gulden

Russian ruble

pound sterling

On 15 February 1971, the UK decimalised the pound sterling, replacing the shilling and penny with a single subdivision, the new penny. Under the old currency, the pound was made up of 240 pence, with 12 pence in a shilling and 20 shillings in a pound.

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What was the Russian beard token used for?

proof of tax payment

money in Vostok Antarctic Station

Bolshevik's propaganda symbol

barber's payment

In 1705, Emperor Peter I of Russia instituted a beard tax to modernize the society of Russia following European models. Those who paid the tax were required to carry a "beard token" with them all the time.

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Where does the name "dollar" come from?

from the United States

from Great Britain

from Germany

from Czech Republic

The history of the dollar is a story involving many countries in different continents. The word 'dollar' itself derives from the Flemish or Low German word daler (in German taler or thaler), short for Joachimstaler, referring to a coin from the silver mines of Joachimstal, in Bohemia (now Jáchymov in the Czech Republic).

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Which of these coins is the oldest?

The denarius was a small silver coin of ancient Rome, first minted in 211 BC. Its name is still current as 'dinar' in many modern countries (Serbia, Iraq, Malaysia etc.), since the Islamic dinar comes directly from Byzantine denarius.

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ancient history riddles

The obol was a form of ancient Greek currency and weight. Obols were used from early times. In Classical Athens, obols were traded as silver coins. Three obols was a standard rate for prostitutes.

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