![]() ![]() This is a kind of mold that was usually rock with an indent in it to make identical copies.Ī small piece of softer metal, such as gold, silver or copper, would be placed in the indentation in the rock and be struck with a rock or a hammer. The ancient minting process involved making a “die”. When precious metals were being trading between foreign countries and shipped from the colonies, European countries began to mint coins. When Marco Polo visited the Far East, the Emperor of China was “minting” coins of various denominations. The use of coins started to replace bartering items, such as tusks, food items, animals, animal skins, etc. History has proven that coins started to be used in Lydia (now Turkey), and China around 2700 years ago.
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