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History · MetalsNewton’s 1717 Mint report: why England’s silver coins left
In September 1717 Isaac Newton told the Treasury that England’s silver was leaving because gold’s official price was wrong. Three months later the guinea was cut to 21 shillings.
Markets · MetalsWhat the gold–silver ratio is counting
Two printed prices, one quotient on a named date — not a mint law, and not a signal to trade. A short note beside the Markets fact page.
History · IdeasWeimar’s mark and what purchasing power means
A short door from the 1923 collapse into the Sound Money definition of purchasing power — dated history on one side, vocabulary on the other.