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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;medoraman, post: 8547648, member: 26302&quot;]The difference for me would be standardized weights. Sure, royal seal would fit into the definition of government approved, that many similar ingots stamped by merchants or bankers would not carry. However, the one thing Lydian issues had versus many other examples of stamped bullion didn&#039;t was standardized weight or denomination. Besides purity guarantee and official issue, the third aspect to me which differentiate early coins from bullion is weight standard. A silver tetradrachm was accepted at face value do to amount of silver being predetermined. </p><p><br /></p><p>To me, absent demonstration of a monetary standard these were made into, and recognition of that standard by the public, this would be very interesting examples of proto-money. Lydia is where standard weight systems were in place. However, I am kind of weird about the early striated coinage. I consider it also proto-money, since I do not consider striations a mark of official sanction. I consider the issues immediately after that to be the first coins in the world, with a design the population recognized as coming from the king.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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