gold coin

     

Gol coins are one of the oldest forms of money. The first gold coins in history were coined by the Lydian king Croesus in about 560 BC, not long after the first silver coins were minted by king Pheidon of Argos in about 700 BC.

Trivia about gold coin

  • In October, 1986, the U.S. mint issued the first of these in more than fifty years

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