A means of trading to replace barter.
It prevented thieves from shaving off precious metal from around the edges of coins.
You can find a Phoenician coin with a world map design in museums or through reputable antique dealers specializing in ancient coins.
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Phoenician!
The Phoenician alphabet {on wikipedia}
The Phoenician alphabet began in the Phoenician city-states located in Lebanon, about 1200 BCE.
The Phoenician civilisation.
The Phoenician people in the 9th Century BCE.
On the back of your dollar they have the Phoenician words.
The Latin adjective for Phoenician is "Poenicus."
The Phoenician word for sea is "yam"
People used the alphabet because the Phoenecians made it easier to learn ite because they narrowed it down to 22 letters. The Lydians created coins not the Phoenecians. But the coins were light and small, the size of beans and they could put set amounts on goods and services.