what was gold coins used for in the ancient time
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It is generally accepted that gold coins were first produced more than 2000 years ago - during the 6th Century BC in Lydia; an iron-age kingdom of western Asia Minor that is now part of Western Turkey.
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Gold was generally used for a couple thousand years solely to create things such as jewelry and idols for worship. This was until around 1500 BC when the ancient empire of Egypt, which benefited greatly from its gold-bearing region, Nubia, made gold the first official medium of exchange for international trade.
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