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Why Do People Need To Waigh early gold coins? becuase most people in the 1608 faked gold and keept gold to there self and make diffrent types and sold it so most was prox and fake and the persentage was that there like 30% left in the world wide

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People needed to weigh early gold coins because their value was based on their weight. The purity of the gold could vary, so weighing the coins was a way to determine their worth.

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When did coin reeding first start?

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