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Canada
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Indeed, quite a beauty it is. They are quite expensive as well, as you'd imagine. This is definitely on my want list.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Odd that is not as expensive as some of our modern coins. I wonder what the gum ball machine for those looked like.  |
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This statement isn't entirely true. It is the oldest struck coinage in Europe, but the Celts used cast ring coinage even earlier than that. In the East China used Cowrie Shells as money and Cast Knife and Spade coins that predate this coin.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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The article did state that they are using the "Webster dictionary" definition of coinage which requires it to be issued by some sort of government entity.
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Canada
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This statement isn't entirely true. It is the oldest struck coinage in Europe, but the Celts used cast ring coinage even earlier than that. In the East China used Cowrie Shells as money and Cast Knife and Spade coins that predate this coin. Well it is the worlds oldest coin. Obviously there is plenty of items that qualify as currency that predates this coinage. Humans evolved two and a half million years ago, so in comparison, this coin is young indeed. |
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What is the likelihood that a coin from 600 BC has never been cleaned?
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Pillar of the Community
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The author of the article lost all credibility with me as soon as I read that an alloy of Silver and gold is known as white gold. That alloy is correctly termed Green gold!
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Actually the naturally occuring alloy is known as electrum.
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Pillar of the Community
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Actually the naturally occuring alloy is known as electrum. that is correct. The lydian coins were produced not in Electrum ( may be apart from the very first issues) but a slightly refined alloy different to the naturally occurring electrum in that region. So Green gold is more correct. Electrum can be referred to as green gold but it is incorrect to call electrum white gold. White gold is a much more modern alloy that, when produced to the highest quality, includes platinum group metals (usually palladium). Edited by austrokiwi
07/12/2015 04:52 am
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Belgium
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I was very lucky to buy a hemihecte -smaller denominatian of the trite.It is one of the most beautiful coins of my Greek collection.albert  ps: |
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Humans evolved two and a half million years ago, so in comparison, this coin is young indeed. Ever wonder what their coins looked like? |
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