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There are many contenders but arguably the oldest known coin was made in Lydia, a token from the 8th century BCE.
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Egypt
The earliest coins were made in 700-600 BC and were made out of Electrum which is a naturally occurring mix of both gold and silver. The first pure gold coins were made in about 560 BC.
Coins date back to Ancient history to today. The earliest coins date on or before 700 BC in Aegina Island or Ephesus, Lydia. The first coins were made of a mixture of gold and silver that was alloyed with silver and copper. The Persian daric was the first gold coin, but some of the most famous were the Roman and Greek coins.
Lydia was the first place that created the first ancient coin the coin was made between 650BC and 630BC
China
Paper money is made mostly from cotton fibre because paper made from wood pulp is too fragile. The composition of coinage varies according to which country has minted the coin.
the first mercury coin was made in 1916.
The first coin was made in India. The purpose of it was to have a system of money so people could trade. This brought on a whole new era within India.
the first coin made was from lydian and had a symbol of a tiger that was made by the kings of the jungles (King Alyattes) in turkey the coin was made out of gold and silver
Mostly every country made money for the people in their countries
Libya
it was made by a person
The penny coin which was worth a cent
A proof coin has a special shiny finish on it and it is made to be sold to collectors, and not used as money.
It could mean anything depending on the coin. What country? What year? What denomination? What does the coin appear to be made from?