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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;longnine009, post: 4442712, member: 1886&quot;]Mercer Silas Bailey founded Lydia Mills in 1902 and named it after his wife--Tony Chibbaro Numismatics of South Carolina Merchant Trade Tokens.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;Maybe&nbsp; Lydia&#039;s&nbsp; father was a coin collector?</p><p><br /></p><p>Lydia was the country scholars believe issued the first government coins. They were the Staters issued in electrum or natural alloy of gold and silver. I&#039;ve also read that additional gold or silver was added to the&nbsp; electrum so it would end up with 55% gold and 45% silver before being&nbsp; diluted with a small amount of copper. The copper was meant to give it a more appealing color.</p><p><br /></p><p>Aluminium, C/A, 30mm, 2.3 grams</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1110481[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1110483[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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