Brass money is spoken of by Homer as early as 1184 b. c. Gold and silver were coined by Pheidon, of Argos, 862 b. c. Coins were made sterling in 1216. New silver coinage struck, 1816; Jubilee coins struck, 1887; first gold coin on record struck, 1257; sovereigns first coined, 1489;

Coins, Weights And Measures. 181 shillings first coined, 1503; crowns and half-crowns struck, 1553; copper coined by Government, 1672; guineas, 1663; fourpenny-pieces, 1836; threepenny-pieces, 1843; silver florins, 1849; bronze coinage, 1860. In the reign of Elizabeth the amount of money coined was £5,832,000. In 1890 (Victoria) it reached a total of £9,465,129. In the United States the first coinage was made for Virginia Company, 1612; first colonial coinage, 1652 (Mass); copper coined in Vermont and Connecticut, 1785; New Jersey and Massachusetts, 1786. Decimal coinage adopted by Congress, 1786, when following coins were issued: gold, eagle ($10), and half-eagle; silver, dollar and divisions of dollar; copper, cent and half-cent. The appended table shows the