What is the history of coins?

The history of coins stretches back to the first millennium BC/BCE. Notable examples of coins include the Lydian Lion coins, Persian daric and siglos, Tong Bei, the dirham and gold dinar . Coins are a major archaeological source of history.

What is a coin used for?

Coin, a piece of metal or, rarely, some other material (such as leather or porcelain) certified by a mark or marks upon it as being of a specific intrinsic or exchange value. The use of cast-metal pieces as a medium of exchange is very ancient and probably developed out of the use in commerce of

How was money invented?

Money was invented before written history began. Consequently, any story of how money first developed is mostly based on conjecture and logical inference. The significant evidence establishes many things were traded in ancient markets that could be described as a medium of exchange.

What does Sophocles say about currency in Antigone?

In “ Antigone ,” Sophocles depicts King Creon battling not only his niece but also numismatists, calling coins the worst invention of all time and claiming that currency “lays cities low . . . drives men from their homes . . . trains and warps honest souls till they set themselves to works of shame . . . and to know every godless deed.”