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Posts Tagged ‘The US Mint began putting notches on the edges of coins containing gold and silver to discourage holders from shaving off small quantities of the precious metals’

October 2nd, 2009 - 12:31 pm § in Emails

INTERESTING TRADITIONS…..YOU MAY NOT HAVE KNOWN

INTERESTING TRADITIONS…..YOU MAY NOT HAVE KNOWN !! I Didn’t Know That……………….. Q: Why are many coin banks shaped like pigs? A: Long ago, dishes and cookware in  Europe  were made of a dense orange clay called ‘pygg’. When people saved c[...]