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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;savitale, post: 8535760, member: 95284&quot;]Did Egyptians invent the first coins? Not to be pedantic about it, but I think it depends on on how you define &quot;coin&quot; and how you define &quot;invented&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>With respect to &quot;invented&quot;, for example, there are other folks who potentially achieved powered flight before the Wright Brothers. But, once the Wright Brothers demonstrated powered flight, it was recognized, recorded, and stayed invented. There is a continuity of powered flight technology from the present day directly back to the Wright Brothers. So they get the credit for inventing it. </p><p><br /></p><p>This Egyptian object is very cool, and may meet your definition of a coin. But, as far as I know, it seems like a mostly one-off thing that didn&#039;t catch on. 700 years later the Lydians, presumably with no knowledge of these Egyptian pieces, independently invented coins. And from that point on coinage stayed invented; there is continuity of the technology right to the present day. So the Lydians get the credit.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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