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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;medoraman, post: 1273575, member: 26302&quot;]Well &quot;coin&quot; has been dabated for centuries. After all of that debate, and definitions, it pretty much has been accepted that the Lydian electrum coinage was the first official &quot;coin&quot;. It had standard value, it was stamped with official stamps, and it was part of a monetary system. Those things allowed them to pass in transactions without verifying the weight and purity of the metal, the intent of coinage. Before that, all items for trade had to be retested for weight and purity, hampering trade.</p><p><br /></p><p>You are very right Marshall about &quot;money&quot;. That is a stickier can of worms that predates coinage, but very much debated as to when it began, or even what qualifies as it.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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