A guinea showing King William III and Queen Mary II, struck in 1694.

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A guinea showing King William III and Queen Mary II, struck in 1694. Some words have their origins in the slave trade. For example, a guinea was a gold coin minted between 1663 and 1816. The coins were originally made from gold brought from Guinea in West Africa.

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http://www.museumwales.ac.uk/en/47/
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National Museum of Wales 2012
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museumwales.ac.uk/media/14151
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1/4/2011
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