Vollardic silver
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The term Vollardic silver refers to silver mined from the Vollardic mountains of Vollardie County, Yonderre. Vollardic silver is one of the two principle Yonderian silvers, the other being Black Forest silver from the Black Forest of Donne County. The Vollardic mountains have been mined for silver since at least the antiquity, making silver coins a stable of East Gothic economies prior to the Conquest of Joanusterra.[1] During the crusader invasion of East Gothica in 1458, the mines of Vollardie were captured more or less intact by the crusaders who continued to operate the mines and mint coins from the Vollardic silver to fund their campaigns. Grand Count of Yonderre Falco I Sentinelleau symbolically had Vollardic silver mixed with Black Forest silver for the minting of the first Yonderian Argents in 1566, symbolizing the united nature of the fledgling independent Yonderian state of the mid-sixteenth century.
Mining of Vollardic silver remains an important economic sector in Yonderre; other than in currency and as an investment medium (coins and bullion), Vollardic silver is used in solar panels, water filtration, jewellery, ornaments, high-value tableware and utensils, in electrical contacts and conductors, in specialized mirrors, window coatings, in catalysis of chemical reactions and as a colorant in stained glass.