| Show Croesus Credited With With Invention of Coinage I Author Authorities on the subject tell us that It Is to L Lydia dla that we owe the invention of coinage In all aU times and andIn andIn andin In all countries the privilege of coinage coin coin- coinage age aRC has hils been hen nil allowed owed the sovereign Croesus of ot Lydia was the first monarch monarch mon mono arch to introduce a 11 bimetallic system of coinage gold coinage gold and silver In the proportion of oC about three to four This was some time between fiGO and oar GIG B. B C. C Metal was chosen do doubt doubtless bt- bt less by reason of Its durability and In the case of ot gold and silver by reason rea son of their intrinsic value Silver and brass were first used particularly In Greece from a lack Inck of sufficient gold Later however this deficiency y was overcome The fhe less liable u a metal Is to change In value th the better belter It Is suited for a standard The Tho Greeks first Issued real coin some time durIn during the Seventh Se century B. B B C C. By the Fourth century the entire civilized world used mone money |
