Currency of Venezuela 1, 1862. Copper (Birmingham mint) dated 1858–1863: Silver 0·900 fine (Paris mint) dated 1858: The contract with the Paris Mint for coins with the bust of Gen. Páez, finalized November 7, 1862 was rescinded in June 1863, and coins already minted were melted down. Copper 1 and 2 céntesimos, and silver 1/2, 1, 2, 4, and 10 reales had been ordered. About 200 pieces of the 10-reales, 38 mm, 10·000 g, are thought to have survived. Peso fuerte (Venezolano de oro) = 10 Reales (Décimos) = 100 Centavos The monetary law of June 12, 1865 was based on the gold
Chinese Gold and Silver Exchange Society Chinese Gold and Silver Exchange Society The Chinese Gold and Silver Exchange Society is an organisation of gold trading firms in Hong Kong who are participants of the Chinese Gold and Silver Exchange, the first exchange in Hong Kong. The CGSES was formally established as an organisation in 1910. Its founders were immigrants from mainland China. It eventually stopped trading silver, but gold trading saw significant growth after 1974 when the government loosened legal restrictions, and by 1979 trading volume was roughly one million ounces per day, making it one of the world's four largest gold trading centres along with