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How and when electrum was first used as coinage

How and when electrum was first used as coinage

May 13, 2021

Some 600 years before Christ was born mankind started using electrum as a form of payment. This was in exchange for good and services. Ancient man found electrum in riverbeds. They were in nugget form, but it wasn't long before the very Read More →