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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;medoraman, post: 1272448, member: 26302&quot;]I would dare say copper, (bronze), has been used as money longer than gold. There are examples of archaic money, or proto money, in the shape of cow skins that predate Lydian finds. The basis of Chinese money was bronze, and that of India was that of silver bars. Actually Lydia was unique amonst the three primary development centers of coinage to use gold at all. The main reason for that was they used electrum which was naturally found in local streams. There are also examples of large iron ingots being used as proto currency in ancient Babylonia and Assyria.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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