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<p>[QUOTE="Finn235, post: 5482541, member: 98035"]IIRC, pure gold objects from before 550 BC were worked from gold found as such.</p><p><br /></p><p>It was under the Lydians that the technology was developed (using salt) to separate their abundant sources of electrum into gold and silver, which ultimately I believe was worth substantially more at market than the electrum they were made from.</p><p><br /></p><p>Electrum did die a slow death, as it was still being made into coins around the time of Alexander. I believe that all subsequent uses of electrum in coinage (under the Kidarites, Byzantines, and Japanese) was from pure gold intentionally alloyed with silver to debase it.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Finn235, post: 5482541, member: 98035"]IIRC, pure gold objects from before 550 BC were worked from gold found as such. It was under the Lydians that the technology was developed (using salt) to separate their abundant sources of electrum into gold and silver, which ultimately I believe was worth substantially more at market than the electrum they were made from. Electrum did die a slow death, as it was still being made into coins around the time of Alexander. I believe that all subsequent uses of electrum in coinage (under the Kidarites, Byzantines, and Japanese) was from pure gold intentionally alloyed with silver to debase it.[/QUOTE]
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