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Brief History of Coins and Coin Collecting
Numismatics, or coin collecting as it is more popularly known, originated from the Greek word "nomisma," which means legal currency or coin. If today we use checks, paper notes, and quite more often, plastic cards, the ancient societies used coins for their day to day purchases. The first coins known to have been minted were from Lydia in Asia Minor which today is part of Turkey but was under Greek influence... (posted by Ben 3 years 72 days ago.)
Numismatics, or coin collecting as it is more popularly known, originated from the Greek word "nomisma," which means legal currency or coin. If today we use checks, paper notes, and quite more often, plastic cards, the ancient societies used coins for their day to day purchases. The first coins known to have been minted were from Lydia in Asia Minor which today is part of Turkey but was under Greek influence... (posted by Ben 3 years 72 days ago.)
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