Ice from the Alps reveals Europeans ditched gold for silver in AD 660
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Climate Change Institute
University of MaineBy
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Dr N.E. Spaulding
Michael MarshallIce
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Swiss
Europeans
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Alps
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Summary
The people of north-west Europe embraced a silver currency instead of gold in the seventh century, and this may have fuelled a post-Roman economic boom
As said here by Michael Marshall