There were various debasements of the silver pennies, especially in periods of economic strife, such as William III's recoinage in 1696, which was spurred by counterfeit coins. Despite these challenges, silver pennies remained in circulation for almost a millennium, until being replaced by the copper penny in 1797.
On the cloudy morning of June 6, 1944, the largest military operation of World War II and the largest amphibious operation in military history took place, the Normandy landings, or D-Day, as it went down in history. It was a critical blow against Nazi Germany and, as historians agree, one of the dec
Sikhism in the time of Banda Bairagi When Guru Gobind Singh was lying on his death bed injured, a recluse named Madhavdas came to meet him. He called himself the masters banda (slave). The Guru called him by the name of Banda Bahadur. The Guru entrusted Banda Bahadur with the responsibility of prot
Marie Antoinette during the trial in a 1989 film From youtube.com I report the video with images of the trial and death sentence of Marie Antoinette , now a former queen of France, taken from the film for TV The French Revolution , broadcast for the first time in 1989 on the occasion of
If the first barrel of the famous Starka could be found, it would be several hundred years old! It began to be produced in Poland and Lithuania in the 16th century, and there are opinions that it was even earlier. Is it possible to call it Polish whiskey or is it our own, unique quality? Unfortu