* 1848 – California Gold Rush: the New York Herald breaks the news to the East Coast of the United States of the gold rush in California ( although the rush started in January ).

The first of the Australian gold rushes, in the 1850s, began a large wave of immigration, with approximately two per cent of the population of the United Kingdom emigrating to the colonies of New South Wales and Victoria.

Board game with inlays of ivory, rock crystal and glass paste, covered with gold and silver leaf, on a wooden base ( Knossos, Minoan chronology | New Palace period 1600 – 1500 B. C., Heraklion Archaeological Museum, Crete )

Costa Rica's distance from the capital in Guatemala, its legal prohibition under Spanish law to trade with its southern neighbors in Panama, then part of the Viceroyalty of New Granada ( i. e., Colombia ), and the lack of resources such as gold and silver, made Costa Rica into a poor, isolated, and sparsely inhabited region within the Spanish Empire.

In 1890 she exhibited at the Paris Exposition, obtained in 1893 the gold medal of the Philadelphia Art Club, and also the Dodge prize at the New York National Academy of Design.

A companion picture, Columbus in Chains, procured him the gold medal of the Brussels Art Exhibition, and was subsequently purchased by the Art Union in New York.

In time, projects were devised in Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, and elsewhere. The modern Erie Canal has 34 locks, which are painted with the blue and gold colors of the New York State Canal System.

* 1851 – Edward Hargraves announces that he has found gold in Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia, starting the Australian gold rush.

For instance, the regimental crest of the U. S. 71st Infantry Regiment of the New York National Guard consisted of a gold fasces set on a blue background.

* The expression of the " Gnomes of Zürich ", Swiss bankers pictured as diminutive creatures hoarding gold in subterranean vaults, was coined in 1956 by Harold Wilson and gained currency in the 1960s ( OED notes the New Statesman issue of 27 November 1964 as earliest attestation ).

The New York and Honduras Rosario Mining Company ( NYHRMC ) produced US $ 60 million worth of gold and silver between 1882 and 1954 before discontinuing most of its operations.

She risked war with Spain by supporting the " Sea Dogs ," such as John Hawkins and Sir Francis Drake, who preyed on the Spanish merchant ships carrying gold and silver from the New World.

During the 16th century, Ashante society experienced sudden changes, including population growth because of cultivation of New World plants such as cassava and maize and an increase in the gold trade between the coast and the north.

The flag of New Mexico is represented by the red and gold colors, which represent Spain, as well as the Zia symbol, an ancient symbol for the sun of that Pueblo-related tribe.

The name Nuevo México was first used by a seeker of gold mines named Francisco de Ibarra who explored far to the north of Mexico in 1563 and reported his findings as being in " a New Mexico ".

The team's colors, black and gold, symbolized both Mecom's and New Orleans ' strong ties to the oil.

The team's logo is a fleur-de-lis ( a symbol of the City of New Orleans and of France's Royal Family, which included the House of Bourbon ), while its uniform design consists of gold helmets, gold pants, and either black or white jerseys.

As the Titans of New York, the team wore blue and gold uniforms similar to that of Notre Dame's.

It is estimated that of all the gold entering Spain from the New World between 1531 and 1660, 60 % had arrived at its destiny via the ' Treasure Fleet and Fairs ' system from Nombre de Dios / Portobelo.

In 1855, the first Transcontinental railway of the New World, the Panama Railway, was built across the isthmus from Colón to Panama City to transport fortune hunters who wanted quick passage to the gold fields of California.

During Lennon's post-Beatles years in New York, this guitar was restored to its original natural wood finish and the cracked gold pickguard replaced with a white one.

According to his The New York Times obituary published on April 3, 1872, Morse received respectively the decoration of the Atiq Nishan-i-Iftikhar ( English: Order of Glory ) medal on wearer's right depicted in photo of Morse with medals, set in diamonds, from the Sultan Ahmad I ibn Mustafa of Turkey ( c. 1847 ), a golden snuff box containing the Prussian gold medal for scientific merit from the King of Prussia ( 1851 ); the Great Gold Medal of Arts and Sciences from the King of Württemberg ( 1852 ); and the Great Golden Medal of Science and Arts from Emperor of Austria ( 1855 ); a cross of Chevalier in the Légion d ' honneur from the Emperor of France ; the Cross of a Knight of the Order of the Dannebrog from the King of Denmark ( 1856 ); the Cross of Knight Commander of the Order of Isabella the Catholic, from the Queen of Spain, besides being elected member of innumerable scientific and art societies in this States and other countries.

Charles Jewtraw from Lake Placid, New York, won the first Olympic gold medal, though several Norwegians in attendance claimed Oskar Olsen had clocked a better time.

During the Late Middle Ages and throughout the Early Modern period of European history, the inscription Moneta Nova, or ' New Money ' appeared on many coins issued on the European continent.

The New Wave writers believed that the tropes of the pulp and Golden Age periods had become worn out, and should be abandonded: J. G. Ballard stated in 1962 that " science fiction should turn its back on space, on interstellar travel, extra-terrestrial life forms, ( and ) galactic wars ", and Brian Aldiss said in Trillion Year Spree: The History of Science Fiction that " the props of SF are few: rocket ships, telepathy, robots, time travel ... like coins, they become debased by over-circulation.

On January 1, 2009, the New Turkish lira was renamed once again as the " Turkish lira ", with the introduction of new banknotes and coins.

New coins have been produced annually since then and they make up a valuable aspect of the United States currency system.

CC, O, and D mint marks were used for a short time in the early-to-mid-nineteenth century by temporary mints in Carson City, Nevada, New Orleans, Louisiana, and Dahlonega, Georgia, respectively ; all such coins are now in the hands of collectors and museums.

The New Currency Act of 1871 stipulated the adoption of the decimal accounting system of yen ( 1, 圓 ), sen (, 銭 ), and rin (, 厘 ), with the coins being round and manufactured using Western machinery.

New notes and coins were introduced on January 1, 2002.

Government revenues largely come from the lease of its highly fortuitous. tv Top Level Domain ( TLD ); sales of stamps and coins ; fishing licenses ( primarily paid under the South Pacific Tuna Treaty ); direct grants from international donors ( government donors as well as from the Asian Development Bank ); and income from the Tuvalu Trust Fund ( established in 1987 by the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand ).

Most of his appearances on SNL have been on Weekend Update, including one where he reported that " The take at the shrines in Italy has gone down " which he suggested correcting by creating " Shrinemobiles " and thus taking the shrines to where the people were, and another where he is sent to London to try to wake up Paul McCartney at 4: 30 in the morning ( 11: 30 in New York ) by throwing coins, obnoxiously singing The Beatles and Wings songs, and finally, throwing a rock at the window ( he says it works every time ).

The New Mexican republic continued to strike the 8 reales piece, but also began minting coins denominated in centavos and pesos.

Critic Geoff Barton coins the term " New Wave of British Heavy Metal " in a review of the show for Sounds magazine.

The Knights ' Hall, a large room in the eastern part of the New Hermitage originally designed in the Greek revival style for the display of coins, now hosts a collection of Western European arms and armour from the 15th-17th centuries, part of the Hermitage Arsenal collection.

The Hall of Twelve Columns in the southeastern corner of the New Hermitage, adorned with columns of grey Serdobol granite, which is also designed in the Greek revival style and was originally intended for the display of coins, is now used for temporary exhibitions.

It continued to be used on coins of New Zealand and Australia until 1985 and 1986 respectively, and on coins of Canada until 1989.

However, a small number of 1983 " New Pence " coins exist.

New Hampshire ’ s greatest hardship was the circulation of fractional coins inside the state.

On December 31 and on New Year, groups of children carrying small paperboard boats adorned with ribbons and small flags go around visiting houses, stores and coffee shops, singing good wishes songs and receiving coins and wheat cakes, while the elderly exchange visits.

All paper and polymer issues of New Zealand banknotes issued from 1967 onwards ( and 1-and 2-dollar notes until 1993 ) are still legal tender ; however, 1-and 2-cent coins are no longer used in Australia and New Zealand.

New coins and banknotes were issued in 1948.

The British Laws Act 1858 retrospectively adopted the laws of Great Britain, and through the UK's Coinage Act 1816, British coins were confirmed as legal tender in New Zealand.

In 1933, the Coinage Act created a specific New Zealand coinage and removed legal tender status from British coins.

The Act came into force in 1967 establishing as legal tender all New Zealand dollar five dollars banknotes and greater, all decimal coins, the pre-decimal sixpence, the shilling, and the florin.