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Title: oldest coin Post by: Kev on March 25, 2009, 09:28:53 PM can you guess what the exact oldest coin in the world is guys and gals ??? ??? ??? ::) ::)..... anyone ;D let you know tomorrow if you cant get it. ::)
Title: Re: oldest coin Post by: waltonbasinman on March 25, 2009, 09:43:44 PM Hi Kev, i bet it is in my missus purse. Tee Hee ;D ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: oldest coin Post by: Nick on March 25, 2009, 09:54:07 PM Probably 1/6 stater, 2700 years old.
Title: Re: oldest coin Post by: Kev on March 26, 2009, 11:00:18 AM ;D nick m8 you are right .its more than 2700 years old found in a place EFESOS ancient Hellenic city coast of Asia minor.the stater is made from electrum natural gold.
Title: Re: oldest coin Post by: Jonola (Jon) on March 26, 2009, 11:03:03 AM I don't know what the oldest coin is Kev but I bet it was found in Dale's wallet Hahahahah!!!
Title: Re: oldest coin Post by: DIGGA on March 26, 2009, 11:33:03 AM A 1/16 LYDIAN TOKEN 700 bc .......that or the contents of the wifes piggybank lol
Title: Re: oldest coin Post by: mickycoin "mick" on March 26, 2009, 12:35:45 PM hi 87 coins were dsicovered all made from electrum, an alloy of silver and gold which is found in its natural state, in the valley of the pectolus. the coins bore a design on one side only, and were to be recognised to be from amongst the earliest coins ever made." the lydians"were the first people to have struck coinage of silver and gold. dated to the late 7th century bc??? mick
Title: Re: oldest coin Post by: Charles Cater on March 26, 2009, 06:35:23 PM It is either the Lydian electrum stater or a Chinese coin such as knife or spade coins or even a round one.
Title: Re: oldest coin Post by: zorro on March 26, 2009, 07:03:04 PM who struck the first coin?
seems pretty pointless to me....you wanna buy a pig, ok. you say to the pig farmer "i'll buy that pig for this coin"... pig farmer says "what's a coin" you explain. pig farmer says "ok, thats fine ...but i got no change" see pointless ! Title: Re: oldest coin Post by: mickycoin "mick" on March 28, 2009, 02:19:35 PM hi just came across some more information about earliest coin ?? a significant inscription from an 8th century BC North Cyria, within in the assyrian power sphere,the name of "king Barrekub of Zinjirli" marks a round silver ingot, one of three such found. unmarked ingots of the same size and shape as well as smaller pieces of silver were part of a large hoard found in the royal palace. since the inscribed ingots conform to an official weight standard, they can technically be concidered coins What do you think casa-dos kev???? your shout mick
Title: Re: oldest coin Post by: mickycoin "mick" on March 31, 2009, 11:27:23 AM hi all any more views on what was the oldest coin mick???
Title: Re: oldest coin Post by: SteveHammered "steve" on March 31, 2009, 03:59:14 PM hi micky coin, we have accepted for example celtic ring money, so yes possibly marked silver ingots same weight, and inscription as you have described could well be the earliest coin found yet to date. unless someone knows different steve
Title: Re: oldest coin Post by: 16.5DD (richard) on March 31, 2009, 09:32:56 PM mick i get what zorro was saying there .
imagine a world with no money .yes only one person had a coin or bartering tool . so you get the pig .was the pig worth the amount traded . so these where traders that made staters so they could be used to buy stock then more staters made I GUESS !!!! |