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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Billy Kingsley, post: 704450, member: 19456&quot;]Kent, I&#039;m pretty sure the first coins were from Greece, or at least an island that is now part of Greece. Miletos maybe? I think about 600 BC...I may be off...Paper money (and paper itself) dates from China. Scottishmoney posted an example from the 1300s recently, but he also stated that there are some known from the 900s AD. I think, unless it has been lost to history, that we can say with certainty that that paper is the oldest, or otherwise first...with the coins, Just my gut feeling, it is only the oldest KNOWN coin so far, and there is a lot of history that has been lost. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I suppose it may be possible that there was an equivalent to paper money earlier...In the GrecoRoman time (when Greece and Rome were the world powers) but not made of paper as we know it, but of parchment like was used for scrolls...However no mention of it was made in contemporary times...but that doesn&#039;t mean it didn&#039;t exist!</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>One of my hobbies in life is the study of ancient history...it is what led me to coin and currency collecting...pieces of history I can hold in my hands![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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