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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;R_rabbit, post: 3495698, member: 101793&quot;][ATTACH=full]925954[/ATTACH] Many scholars of ancient coins point to the state of Lydia, in roughly 610 BC, as the origin of coinage. As a center of commerce between Asia and Greece, and blessed with wealth of abundant electrum (a naturally occuring alloy of gold and silver, and found in the river Pactolus), Lydia King Alyattes&#039; stamped his emblem of a roaring lion on disks of electrum to first become a state-issued currency.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> what a beautiful looking coin!</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://custom.nwtmint.com/minting_history.php" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://custom.nwtmint.com/minting_history.php" rel="nofollow">http://custom.nwtmint.com/minting_history.php</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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