It's generally accepted by archaeologists that 1st coins were invented in Lydia, modern day western Turkey, in c. 610 B.C.E. Lydians used electrum, a strange silver/gold mix, to make their discs. But were there porto-coins?
This by @jp_koning is fantastic
jpkoning.blogspot.com/2021/03/hacksi… https://t.co/Es9RPMCDSs
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August 16, 2022
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