What currencies were used in ancient Europe?

Currencies of ancient Europe (3 P) G Coins of ancient Greece (36 P) J Coins of Judea (3 P) P Parthian coinage (3 P) Phoenician coinage (1 P) Phoenician currency (2 C, 3 P) R Coins of ancient Rome (2 C, 61 P) S Shekel (1 C, 17 P) Pages in category "Ancient currencies" The following 39 pages are in this category, out of 39 total.

Where were coins first used?

However, along with a few other prehistoric civilizations, ancient China, ancient India, and ancient Greece are the only known places where coins were used as currency. Coins were first created when? Cowrie shells were used as the country's earliest form of money, but these little trinkets were quickly augmented and replaced with metal coins.

What is the oldest currency in the world?

Tradition states, however, that the oldest of the old is the Lydian stater. This currency is commonly considered the first minted — or state-produced — coin, issued by King Alyattes in the 7th century B.C. in an area that’s now part of the nation of Turkey. These Lydian coins are made of electrum, a naturally occurring gold and silver alloy.