It's generally accepted by archaeologists that 1st coins were invented in Lydia, modern day western Turkey, in c. 610 B.C.E.

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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