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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;medoraman, post: 1920699, member: 26302&quot;]Good questions all. My input for Doug would be even though natural electrum was found in local streams, its clear from Sardis that even from the very beginning the percentage of gold to silver in electrum coinage was very csrefully controled. They did not strike electrum nuggets, rather purified it to pure gold snd silver, then added them together to get the exact mixture they intended.</p><p><br /></p><p>To Jim, of course you are right the touchstone was designed primarily for gold. However, its not too much of a stretch to think there might have been some use for silver. Some of the metals you say silver resembles, like nickel, not being found and used by ancient people. Gold, silver, tin, copper, lead, zinc and iron being the main metals you would encounter in antiquity.</p><p><br /></p><p>It has turned into a good discussion, and await other responses to these excellent questions.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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